Where does “Geograf” come from?

Geograf (German) comes from Latin geōgraphus, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία, from Ancient Greek γεωγράφος, 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...

Geograf (German): geographer male or of unspecified gender

Definitions

  1. geographer male or of unspecified gender

Ancestry of “Geograf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingeōgraphusgeographer
2Ancient Greekγεωγραφίαa description of the earth
3Ancient Greekγεωγράφοςgeographer
4Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
5Latin-logia-logy; the study of
6Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
7Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
8Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Ancient Greek -λογίαEvery word from Ancient Greek λέγω