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Where does “kvartäärigeologia” come from?

kvartäärigeologia (Finnish) comes from Finnish geologia, from Finnish 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...

kvartäärigeologia (Finnish): Quaternary geology; Partitive singular form of...

Definitions

  1. Quaternary geology; Partitive singular form of...

Ancestry of “kvartäärigeologia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgeologiageology; Partitive singular form of geologi
2Finnishgeo-geo-
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...

Words derived from “kvartäärigeologia”

  • kvartäärigeologinen
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