Where does “gematria” come from?
gematria (English) comes from Ancient Greek γεωμετρία, from Ancient Greek γεωμέτρης, 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...
gematria (English): A cabalistic method of interpreting Hebrew words,...
Definitions
- A cabalistic method of interpreting Hebrew words,...
Ancestry of “gematria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | γεωμετρία | geometry, land-survey |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | γεωμέτρης | land measurer |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 4 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
Words derived from “gematria”