Where does “geológico” come from?
geológico (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese geologia, from French géologie, from Latin geologia, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
geológico (Portuguese): geologic
Ancestry of “geológico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | geologia | geology |
| 2 | French | géologie | geology |
| 3 | Latin | geologia | geology |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 5 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |