myEtymology.com: Greek etymology of geographia

Etymology of the Greek word geographia (γεωγραφία)

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-