Where does “pailéibhithgheografaíocht” come from?
pailéibhithgheografaíocht (Irish) comes from Irish bithgheografaíocht, from Irish geografaíocht, from Irish geo-, 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...
pailéibhithgheografaíocht (Irish): palaeobiogeography
Ancestry of “pailéibhithgheografaíocht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | bithgheografaíocht | biogeography |
| 2 | Irish | geografaíocht | geography |
| 3 | Irish | geo- | geo- |
| 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... |