Etymology

geometrist

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Today it means: One who studies geometry. Full definition →

English geometry ← Middle English gemetry ← Old French geometrie
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The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  2. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  3. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  4. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  7. Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
  8. Ancient Greekγεωμετρῐ́ᾱ (geōmetrĭ́ā)
  9. Latingeōmetria
  10. Old Frenchgeometrie
  11. Middle Englishgemetry
  12. Englishgeometry
  13. English todaygeometrist

From geometry + -ist.

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