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
- The study of the geographical distribution of...
Ancestry of “biogeography”, step by step
| 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... |