The story
- Proto-Hellenic*gaya
- Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
- Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
- Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
- Ancient Greekγεωγρᾰ́φος (geōgrắphos)
- Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Ancient Greekγεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (geōgrăphĭ́ā)
- Latingeōgraphia
- Middle Frenchgéographie
- English todaygeography
From Middle French géographie, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía, “a description of the earth”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”). Doublet of geographia. Use in reference to lavatories derives from the mid-20th century euphemism "show one the geography of the house" in reference to pointing out the toilets.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.