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- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷyéh₃-w-os
- Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ōwós
- Ancient Greekζωός (zōós)
- Ancient Greekζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on)
- Ancient Greekζῷον (zōîon)
- Englishzoo-
- Proto-Hellenic*gaya
- Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
- Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
- Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
- Englishgeo-
- Englishgeographer
- English todayzoogeographer
From zoo- + geographer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.