Where does “geography” come from?

Geography comes from Middle French géographie, from Latin geographia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία, a compound of γράφω meaning "to write" and a root from Proto-Indo-European ger- meaning "earth."

geography (English): A description of the earth: a treatise or...

Definitions

A description of the earth: a treatise or...

Ancestry of “geography”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle French	géographie	—
2	Latin	geōgraphia	geography
3	Ancient Greek	γεωγραφία	a description of the earth
4	Ancient Greek	γεωγράφος	geographer
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...

Words derived from “geography”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Ancient Greek -λογία →Every word from Ancient Greek λέγω →