Where does “geoelectricity” come from?
geoelectricity (English) comes from English electricity, from English electric, from English -ally, from English ahistoric, from English historic, from Latin historicus, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία.
geoelectricity (English): The natural electric fields and electric currents...
Definitions
- The natural electric fields and electric currents...
Ancestry of “geoelectricity”, step by step
geoelectricity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English electricity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | electricity | Originally, a property of amber and certain other... |
| 2 | English | electric | Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or... |
| 3 | English | -ally | used with adjectives ending in -ic |
| 4 | English | ahistoric | Synonym of ahistorical |
| 5 | English | historic | Very important; noteworthy: having importance or... |
| 6 | Latin | historicus | historical |
| 7 | Latin | historia | history; account; story |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορία | inquiry, examination, systematic observation,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορέω | to inquire, ask; to examine, observe; to record,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἵστωρ | one who knows law and right, judge; witness; a... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | wístōr | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wéydtōr | one who has seen, one who knows |
| 13 | Indo-European | *weyd- | — |
via English geo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | geo | An inlet, gully or cleft in the face of a cliff |
| 2 | English | geo- | Earth; geography |
| 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... |