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Where does “biogeography” come from?

Biogeography derives from English bio- (from Ancient Greek βίος, life) combined with geography, which comes from Middle French géographie and Ancient Greek γεωγραφία, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ger- meaning earth.

biogeography (English): The study of the geographical distribution of...

Definitions

  1. The study of the geographical distribution of...

Ancestry of “biogeography”, step by step

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

Words derived from “biogeography”

  • paleobiogeography
  • palaeobiogeography
  • panbiogeography
  • paleobiogeographer
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