Where does “geodesicity” come from?
geodesicity (English) comes from English geodesic, from Catalan geodèsia, from Latin geōdaesia, from Ancient Greek γεωδαισία, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
geodesicity (English): The property of a smooth curve being a geodesic or of a vector field to be geodesic in the context of differential geometry
Definitions
- The property of a smooth curve being a geodesic or of a vector field to be geodesic in the context of differential geometry
Ancestry of “geodesicity”, step by step
geodesicity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English geodesic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | geodesic | The shortest line between two points on a... |
| 2 | Catalan | geodèsia | geodesy |
| 3 | Latin | geōdaesia | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γεωδαισία | division of the earth |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 6 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |