Etymology of the English word geomorphology
the English word
geomorphologyderived from the English word
morphologyderived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Greek word
morphos (form)
using the English prefix
geo-derived from the Greek prefix
geo-, γεω-
derived from the Greek word
ge, γῆ (earth, land, soil; world)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
