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Where does “Jorge” come from?

Jorge (Spanish) comes from Latin Georgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος, from Ancient Greek γεωργός, 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...

Ancestry of “Jorge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinGeorgius—
2Ancient GreekΓεώργιοςfarmer, earth-worker
3Ancient Greekγεωργόςtilling the ground; fertilizing; farmer
4Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
5Latin-logia-logy; the study of
6Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
7Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
8Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “Jorge”

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