Etymology

neurogeometry

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Today it means: The geometry of the nervous system Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
  3. Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
  4. Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
  5. Englishneuro-
  6. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  7. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  8. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  9. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  12. Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
  13. Ancient Greekγεωμετρῐ́ᾱ (geōmetrĭ́ā)
  14. Latingeōmetria
  15. Old Frenchgeometrie
  16. Middle Englishgemetry
  17. Englishgeometry
  18. English todayneurogeometry

From neuro- + geometry.

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