Where does “nongeographer” come from?
nongeographer (English) comes from English geographer, 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...
nongeographer (English): One who is not a geographer
Definitions
- One who is not a geographer
Ancestry of “nongeographer”, step by step
nongeographer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English geographer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | geographer | A specialist in geography |
| 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... |