Where does “bicho geográfico” come from?
bicho geográfico (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese geográfico, from Latin geographicus, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία, from Ancient Greek γεωγράφος, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
bicho geográfico (Portuguese): either of two species of ancylostomatids which...
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- either of two species of ancylostomatids which...
Ancestry of “bicho geográfico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | geográfico | geographic |
| 2 | Latin | geographicus | geographic, geographical |
| 3 | Latin | geōgraphia | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γεωγραφία | a description of the earth |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γεωγράφος | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 7 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |