Where does “geometrisch” come from?
geometrisch (German) comes from Dutch geometrie, from Middle Dutch geometrie, from Old French géométrie, from Latin geometria, from Ancient Greek γεωμετρία, from Ancient Greek γεωμέτρης, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
geometrisch (German): geometric
Definitions
- geometric
Ancestry of “geometrisch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | geometrie | geometry |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | geometrie | — |
| 3 | Old French | géométrie | geometry branch of mathematics |
| 4 | Latin | geometria | geometry |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γεωμετρία | geometry, land-survey |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γεωμέτρης | land measurer |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 8 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |