Where does “géométrique” come from?
géométrique (French) comes from French géométrie, from Ancient Greek γεωμετρία, from Ancient Greek γεωμέτρης, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
géométrique (French): geometric
Definitions
- geometric
Ancestry of “géométrique”, step by step
géométrique traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French géométrie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | géométrie | geometry |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | γεωμετρία | geometry, land-survey |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γεωμέτρης | land measurer |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 5 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Latin geōmetricus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | geōmetricus | geometer |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | γεωμετρικός | of or for geometry, geometrical |
Words derived from “géométrique”
- geometric
- geometrical
- geometrically
- geometrician
- hypergeometric
- geon
- nongeometric
- geometricity
- ungeometrical
- nongeometrical
- macrogeometric
- microgeometric
- geometricization
- hypergeometrical
- ungeometric
- nongeometrically
- chronogeometrical
- geometricize
- chronogeometric
- ungeometrically
- hypergeometrically
- géométriquement
- hypergéométrique
- supergeometric