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ge
Greek · ancient
"earth"
earth
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geologia
New Latin · 1700s
"the study of the earth"
formed from Greek ge (earth) and -logia (study of)
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geology
English · 1795
"the scientific study of the earth's structure and history"
settled as the English word for the scientific study of the earth
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