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Where does “geomorphology” come from?

Geomorphology comes from English -logy combined with morpho- (from Ancient Greek μορφή meaning "form").

geomorphology (English): The study of landforms, their classification,...

Definitions

  1. The study of landforms, their classification,...

Ancestry of “geomorphology”, step by step

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

Words derived from “geomorphology”

  • hydrogeomorphology
  • paleogeomorphology
  • dendrogeomorphology
  • exogeomorphology
  • photogeomorphology
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