Where does “geometric” come from?
Geometric comes from Latin geometricus, from Ancient Greek γεωμετρικός, derived from γεωμέτρης, combining γῆ (earth) and μέτρον (measure).
geometric (English): Of or relating to geometry; Increasing or...
Definitions
- Of or relating to geometry; Increasing or...
Ancestry of “geometric”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | géométrique | geometric |
| 2 | French | géométrie | geometry |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γεωμετρία | geometry, land-survey |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γεωμέτρης | land measurer |
| 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 “geometric”
- geometrical
- geometrically
- geometrician
- hypergeometric
- geon
- nongeometric
- geometricity
- ungeometrical
- nongeometrical
- macrogeometric
- microgeometric
- geometricization
- hypergeometrical
- ungeometric
- nongeometrically
- chronogeometrical
- geometricize
- chronogeometric
- ungeometrically
- hypergeometrically
- supergeometric
- geomagic square
- isogeometric
- ageometric