Etymology Explorer
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Where does “geo” come from?
geo (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin gelu, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.
Ancestry of “geo”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
gelu
frost; cold, chill
2
Proto-Indo-European
gel-
to be cold, to freeze
Words derived from “geo”
xeo
xeo giấy
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