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Where does “Georgia” come from?

Georgia derives from English George, through Latin -ia, Ancient Greek ἔργον meaning "work," tracing to Proto-Indo-European werǵ- meaning "to work."

Ancestry of “Georgia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgeorge—
2LatinGeorgius—
3Ancient GreekΓεώργιοςfarmer, earth-worker
4Ancient Greekγεωργόςtilling the ground; fertilizing; farmer
5Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
6Latin-logia-logy; the study of
7Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
8Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
9Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “Georgia”

  • Georgian
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  • 喬治亞
  • Τζόρτζια
  • Georgia
  • 조지아
  • Jóojah
  • Jóojah hahoodzo
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