Etymology

geoscience

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English science ← Middle English science ← Old French science
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The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  2. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  3. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  4. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  5. Englishgeo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
  8. Latinsciō
  9. Latinsciēns
  10. Latinscientia
  11. Old Frenchscience
  12. Middle Englishscience
  13. Englishscience
  14. English todaygeoscience

From geo- + science.

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