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ge
Greek · ancient
"earth"
earth, combined with graphein (to write) for describing the earth
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geographie
French · medieval
"the study of the earth's features"
carried into French for the study of the earth's features
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geography
English · 1500s
"the study of the earth's physical features"
settled as the English name for the science
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