Etymology of the English word geographer
the English word
geographerderived from the Latin word
geographia (geography; geographical work, book)
derived from the Greek word
geographia, γεωγραφία
using the Greek prefix
geo-, γεω-
derived from the Greek word
ge, γῆ (earth, land, soil; world)
using the Greek suffix
-graphia, -γραφία, -γραϕία
derived from the Greek word
graphein, γράφω (to draw)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gerbh-Cognates
German
Geograph, Italian
geografo, Lithuanian
geografas, Russian
геoгpaфUsage
Word found in Modern English
