Where does “aerogeography” come from?
aerogeography (English) comes from English geography, from Middle French géographie, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία, from Ancient Greek γεωγράφος, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
aerogeography (English): The geography of the air, in terms of the movements of air currents etc
Definitions
- The geography of the air, in terms of the movements of air currents etc
Ancestry of “aerogeography”, step by step
aerogeography traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English geography
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | geography | A description of the earth: a treatise or... |
| 2 | Middle French | géographie | — |
| 3 | Latin | geōgraphia | geography |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γεωγραφία | a description of the earth |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γεωγράφος | geographer |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 7 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |