Where does “réaltgheolaíocht” come from?
réaltgheolaíocht (Irish) comes from Irish geolaíocht, from Irish geo-, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
réaltgheolaíocht (Irish): astrogeology
Definitions
- astrogeology
Ancestry of “réaltgheolaíocht”, step by step
réaltgheolaíocht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish geolaíocht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | geolaíocht | geology |
| 2 | Irish | geo- | geo |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 4 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |