Where does “georgian” come from?
Georgian derives from English George, from Latin Georgius, from Ancient Greek Geōrgos (γεωργός), meaning "farmer" or "one who works the earth," from ἔργον (érgon, "work") with the agent suffix -ānos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European werǵ-, meaning "to work."
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Ancestry of “georgian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Georgia | It is named for George II of Great Britain (1683–1760) |
| 2 | English | george | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter G |
| 3 | Latin | Georgius | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Γεώργιος | farmer, earth-worker |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γεωργός | tilling the ground; fertilizing; farmer |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 7 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |