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Where does “biogeographically” come from?

biogeographically (English) comes from English biogeographic, from English geographic, from Latin geographicus, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία, from Ancient Greek γεωγράφος, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

biogeographically (English): In a biogeographic manner; With regard to...

Definitions

  1. In a biogeographic manner; With regard to...

Ancestry of “biogeographically”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbiogeographicOf or pertaining to biogeography, the study of...
2EnglishgeographicPertaining to geography; Determined by geography,...
3Latingeographicusgeographic, geographical
4Latingeōgraphia—
5Ancient Greekγεωγραφίαa description of the earth
6Ancient Greekγεωγράφος—
7Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
8Latin-logia-logy; the study of
9Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
10Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
11Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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