Where does “גאורגיה” come from?
גאורגיה (Hebrew) comes from Latin Geōrgia, from English Georgia, from English george, from Latin Georgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος, from Ancient Greek γεωργός, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “גאורגיה”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Geōrgia | — |
| 2 | English | Georgia | It is named for George II of Great Britain (1683–1760) |
| 3 | English | george | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter G |
| 4 | Latin | Georgius | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Γεώργιος | farmer, earth-worker |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γεωργός | tilling the ground; fertilizing; farmer |
| 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... |