Where does “Erdölgeologie” come from?
Erdölgeologie (German) comes from German Erdöl, from German Öl, from Middle High German öl, from Old High German oli, from Proto-West Germanic *oli, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον, from Ancient Greek ἐλαία.
Erdölgeologie (German): oil geology; petroleum geology
Definitions
- oil geology; petroleum geology
Ancestry of “Erdölgeologie”, step by step
Erdölgeologie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Erdöl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Erdöl | oil, petroleum |
| 2 | German | Öl | oil |
| 3 | Middle High German | öl | oil |
| 4 | Old High German | oli | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *oli | olive oil |
| 6 | Latin | oleum | olive oil; the palaestra |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἔλαιον | olive oil, commonly used as an anointing oil; any... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐλαία | olive tree; olive; naevus |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | elaíwā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | loiwom | — |
via German Geologie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Geologie | geology |
| 2 | French | géologie | geology |
| 3 | Latin | geologia | geology |
| 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... |