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Where does “diageotropic” come from?

diageotropic (English) comes from English geo-, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

diageotropic (English): Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism

Definitions

  1. Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism

Ancestry of “diageotropic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgeo-Earth; geography
2Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
3Latin-logia-logy; the study of
4Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
5Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
6Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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