Where does “Geordie” come from?
Geordie comes from English George plus the diminutive suffix -y, which derives from Middle English -y, Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European -kos.
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Ancestry of “Geordie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | george | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter G |
| 2 | Latin | Georgius | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Γεώργιος | farmer, earth-worker |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γεωργός | tilling the ground; fertilizing; farmer |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 6 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |