Etymology of the English word zoogeography
the English word
zoogeographyusing the English prefix
zoo-derived from the Greek word
zoon, ζῶον (animal; a live thing; an animal)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷei- (to live)
derived from 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-Usage
Word found in Modern English
