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Where does “psychogeography” come from?

psychogeography (English) comes from English geography, from Middle French géographie, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία, from Ancient Greek γεωγράφος, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

psychogeography (English): The study of the effect of geographical factors...

Definitions

  1. The study of the effect of geographical factors...

Ancestry of “psychogeography”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgeographyA description of the earth: a treatise or...
2Middle Frenchgéographie—
3Latingeōgraphia—
4Ancient Greekγεωγραφίαa description of the earth
5Ancient Greekγεωγράφος—
6Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
7Latin-logia-logy; the study of
8Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
9Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
10Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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