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Where does “geographic” come from?

Geographic derives from Latin geographicus, meaning "of or relating to geography or the description of the earth."

geographic (English): Pertaining to geography; Determined by geography,...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to geography; Determined by geography,...

Ancestry of “geographic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingeographicusgeographic, geographical
2Latingeōgraphia—
3Ancient Greekγεωγραφίαa description of the earth
4Ancient Greekγεωγράφος—
5Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
6Latin-logia-logy; the study of
7Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
8Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
9Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “geographic”

  • geographically
  • biogeographic
  • paleogeographic
  • phylogeographic
  • zoogeographic
  • palaeogeographic
  • phytogeographic
  • ecogeographic
  • nongeographic
  • paleobiogeographic
  • biogeographically
  • psychogeographic
  • microgeographic
  • anthropogeographic
  • hydrogeographic
  • macrogeographic
  • panbiogeographic
  • ungeographic
  • postgeographic
  • phylogeographically
  • neurogeographic
  • ornithogeographic
  • cytogeographic
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