Etymology of the English word geography
the English word
geographyderived 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-Derivations in English
anthropogeography,
biogeography,
nosogeography,
paleogeography,
thermogeography,
zoogeographyCognates
Dutch
geografie, French
géographie, German
Geographie, Italian
geografia, Lithuanian
geografija, Norwegian
geografi, Polish
geografia, Russian
геoгpaфия, Swedish
geografiUsage
Word found in Modern English
