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

  1. geometric

Ancestry of “geometrisch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgeometriegeometry
2Middle Dutchgeometrie
3Old Frenchgéométriegeometry branch of mathematics
4Latingeometriageometry
5Ancient Greekγεωμετρίαgeometry, land-survey
6Ancient Greekγεωμέτρηςland measurer
7Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
8Latin-logia-logy; the study of
9Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
10Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
11Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
12Proto-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