Etymology

biogeography

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Today it means: The study of the geographical distribution of living things. Full definition →

English geography ← Middle French géographie ← Latin geōgraphia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  6. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  7. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  8. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  10. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  11. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  12. Ancient Greekγεωγρᾰ́φος (geōgrắphos)
  13. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  14. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  15. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  16. Ancient Greekγεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (geōgrăphĭ́ā)
  17. Latingeōgraphia
  18. Middle Frenchgéographie
  19. Englishgeography
  20. English todaybiogeography

From bio- + geography.

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