Etymology

palaeogeography

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Today it means: The study of historical geography — of the (chiefly physical, but sometimes political/cultural) geography of the world in the geologic past. Full definition →

English geography ← Middle French géographie ← Latin geōgraphia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekπάλαι (pálai)
  3. Ancient Greekπᾰλαιός (pălaiós)
  4. Englishpaleo-
  5. Englishpalaeo-
  6. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  7. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  8. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  9. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  11. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  12. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  13. Ancient Greekγεωγρᾰ́φος (geōgrắphos)
  14. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  15. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  16. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  17. Ancient Greekγεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (geōgrăphĭ́ā)
  18. Latingeōgraphia
  19. Middle Frenchgéographie
  20. Englishgeography
  21. English todaypalaeogeography

From palaeo- + geography.

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