Where does “Georgia” come from?
Georgia (Welsh) comes from English Georgia, from English george, from Latin Georgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος, from Ancient Greek γεωργός, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “Georgia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Georgia | It is named for George II of Great Britain (1683–1760) |
| 2 | English | george | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter G |
| 3 | Latin | Georgius | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Γεώργιος | farmer, earth-worker |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γεωργός | tilling the ground; fertilizing; farmer |
| 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... |