Where does “topograficamente” come from?
topograficamente (Italian) comes from Spanish topográfico, from Spanish topografía, from Spanish -grafía, from Ancient Greek -γραφία, from Ancient Greek γραφή, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
topograficamente (Italian): topographically
Definitions
- topographically
Ancestry of “topograficamente”, step by step
topograficamente traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish topográfico
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | topográfico | topographic |
| 2 | Spanish | topografía | topography |
| 3 | Spanish | -grafía | -graphy |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -γραφία | writing, drawing; -graphy, writing |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γραφή | drawing; painting; writing, a writing |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Italian topografico
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | topografico | topographic |
| 2 | Italian | topografia | topography |
| 3 | Italian | topo | "diminutive" topolino; mouse, rat, ratton; thief;... |
| 4 | Latin | talpa | mole |