Where does “euklidinen geometria” come from?
euklidinen geometria (Finnish) comes from Finnish geometria, from Latin geometria, from Ancient Greek γεωμετρία, from Ancient Greek γεωμέτρης, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
euklidinen geometria (Finnish): Euclidean geometry
Ancestry of “euklidinen geometria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | geometria | geometry |
| 2 | Latin | geometria | geometry |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γεωμετρία | geometry, land-survey |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γεωμέτρης | land measurer |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 6 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |