Where does “география” come from?

география (Komi-Zyrian) comes from Russian геогра́фия, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία, from Ancient Greek γεωγράφος, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

география (Komi-Zyrian): geography

Definitions

geography

Ancestry of “география”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Russian	геогра́фия	geography
2	Latin	geōgraphia	geography
3	Ancient Greek	γεωγραφία	a description of the earth
4	Ancient Greek	γεωγράφος	geographer
5	Ancient Greek	γεω-	earth; earth-
6	Latin	-logia	-logy; the study of
7	Ancient Greek	-λογία	Base for nouns denoting the study of something,...
8	Ancient Greek	λόγος	That which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
9	Ancient Greek	λέγω	I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
10	Proto-Indo-European	leǵ-	to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Ancient Greek -λογία →Every word from Ancient Greek λέγω →