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Where does “geobotany” come from?

geobotany (English) comes from English botany, from English botanic, from Medieval Latin botanicus, from French botanique, from Ancient Greek βοτανικός, from Ancient Greek βοτάνη, from Ancient Greek βόσκω, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeh₃- — to graze, pasture; to keep.

geobotany (English): The branch of biogeography that is concerned with...

Definitions

  1. The branch of biogeography that is concerned with...

Ancestry of “geobotany”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbotanyThe scientific study of plants, a branch of...
2EnglishbotanicOf or pertaining to botany; Any substance of...
3Medieval Latinbotanicus—
4Frenchbotaniquebotanical; botany
5Ancient Greekβοτανικός—
6Ancient Greekβοτάνηgrass, fodder, pasture; herb
7Ancient Greekβόσκωfeed, tend; feed, graze
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeh₃-to graze, pasture; to keep
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