Where does “zoogeograf” come from?
zoogeograf (Romanian) comes from French zoogéographe, from French géographe, from Latin geōgraphus, 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...
zoogeograf (Romanian): zoogeographer
Definitions
- zoogeographer
Ancestry of “zoogeograf”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | zoogéographe | zoogeographer |
| 2 | French | géographe | geographer |
| 3 | Latin | geōgraphus | geographer |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γεωγραφία | a description of the earth |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γεωγράφος | geographer |
| 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... |