Where does “demography” come from?
Demography comes from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, "people") and γράφω (gráphō, "to write"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ger- meaning "to gather."
demography (English): The study of the characteristics of human...
Definitions
- The study of the characteristics of human...
Ancestry of “demography”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | démographie | demography |
| 2 | French | -graphie | -graphy |
| 3 | Latin | -graphia | -graphy |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
Words derived from “demography”
- demographic
- demographically
- sociodemographic
- geodemographic
- paleodemography
- paleodemographic
- demogrant
- biodemography
- palaeodemographic
- sociodemography
- biodemographic
- geodemography
- geodemographically
- demográfia
- ethnodemography
- phylodemography
- socio-demographic
- clinicodemographic
- demográfiai
- isodemographic
- demografinen
- ethnodemographic
- phylodemographic
- phytodemographic