Etymology

biogeographer

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Today it means: A person engaged in biogeography. Full definition →

English geographer ← Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-) ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Englishgeographer
  6. English todaybiogeographer

From bio- + geographer.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.