Where does “biogéographique” come from?

biogéographique (French) comes from French biogéographie, from 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...

biogéographique (French): biogeographic

Definitions

  1. biogeographic

Ancestry of “biogéographique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbiogéographiebiogeography
2Frenchgéographiegeography
3Latingeōgraphiageography
4Ancient Greekγεωγραφίαa description of the earth
5Ancient Greekγεωγράφοςgeographer
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...

Words derived from “biogéographique

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Ancient Greek -λογίαEvery word from Ancient Greek λέγω