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Where does “geográfico” come from?

geográfico (Spanish) comes 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, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

geográfico (Spanish): geographic

Definitions

  1. geographic

Ancestry of “geográfico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingeographicusgeographic, geographical
2Latingeōgraphia—
3Ancient Greekγεωγραφίαa description of the earth
4Ancient Greekγεωγράφος—
5Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
6Latin-logia-logy; the study of
7Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
8Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
9Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “geográfico”

  • geográficamente
  • biogeográfico
  • fitogeográfico
  • heograpiko
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