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Where does “geologia” come from?

geologia (Latin) comes 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...

geologia (Latin): geology

Definitions

  1. geology

Ancestry of “geologia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
2Latin-logia-logy; the study of
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “geologia”

  • geological
  • geology
  • geologic
  • geologist
  • geologically
  • hydrogeological
  • hydrogeology
  • hydrogeologic
  • hydrogeologist
  • geologian
  • geologize
  • biogeology
  • paleogeology
  • astrogeology
  • photogeological
  • biogeological
  • astrogeologist
  • photogeologic
  • astrogeological
  • photogeology
  • nongeological
  • paleogeological
  • microgeology
  • nongeologist
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