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Where does “hydrogeomorphology” come from?

hydrogeomorphology (English) comes from English geomorphology, from English geo-, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

hydrogeomorphology (English): The study of landforms created or modified by...

Definitions

  1. The study of landforms created or modified by...

Ancestry of “hydrogeomorphology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgeomorphologyThe study of landforms, their classification,...
2Englishgeo-Earth; geography
3Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
4Latin-logia-logy; the study of
5Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
6Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
7Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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