Where does “metageometer” come from?
metageometer (English) comes from English geometer, from Latin geōmētrēs, from Ancient Greek γεωμέτρης, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
metageometer (English): metageometrician
Definitions
- metageometrician
Ancestry of “metageometer”, step by step
metageometer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English geometer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | geometer | A mathematician who specializes in geometry; Any... |
| 2 | Latin | geōmētrēs | geometer, geometrician |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γεωμέτρης | land measurer |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 5 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |