Where does “fotogeologia” come from?
fotogeologia (Italian) comes from Finnish geologia, from Finnish 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...
fotogeologia (Italian): photogeology
Definitions
- photogeology
Ancestry of “fotogeologia”, step by step
fotogeologia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish geologia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | geologia | geology; Partitive singular form of geologi |
| 2 | Finnish | 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... |