Where does “geoprofile” come from?
geoprofile (English) comes from English profile, from French profil, from Italian profilo, from Italian profilare, from Italian filare, from Italian filo, from Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον — he, she.
geoprofile (English): A geographic profile; To establish such a profile
Definitions
- A geographic profile; To establish such a profile
Ancestry of “geoprofile”, step by step
geoprofile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English profile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | profile | The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object;... |
| 2 | French | profil | profile |
| 3 | Italian | profilo | profile; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Italian | profilare | to outline; to edge; to shape |
| 5 | Italian | filare | to spin; to draw; to pay out |
| 6 | Italian | filo | thread; yarn; string |
| 7 | Latin | phylum | phylum |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φῦλον | a set of people or other beings; sex; nation,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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... |