Where does “Meeresgeologie” come from?
Meeresgeologie (German) comes from German Geologie, from French géologie, from Latin geologia, 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...
Meeresgeologie (German): marine geology
Definitions
- marine geology
Ancestry of “Meeresgeologie”, step by step
Meeresgeologie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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... |