GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Geo-is a prefix derived from the Greek word or , meaning “earth", usually in the sense of “ground or land”.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Greek root word ge, commonly used in the English prefix geo-, means “earth.” This Greek root is the word origin of a good number of English vocabulary words, including geology, geography, and geometry. The Greek root word ge is easily recalled through the English word geology, which is the study of the “earth.”

Detailed explanation-3: -The word geography can be broken into the two basic elements of “GEO” and “GRAPHY.” Geo comes from the Greek word for Earth (the word Gaea, also meaning earth, derives from the Greek as well). The “ography” part comes from the Greek word graphein, which is literally to write about something.

Detailed explanation-4: -Geography-geo-comes from Greek, where it has the meaning “the earth; ground”. This meaning is found in such words as: apogee, geography, geology, geopolitics, perigee.

Detailed explanation-5: -Geo comes from the Latin word meaning “earth” or “ground.” Terra/terr/ter are from another Latin word meaning “earth” or “land.” When combined with a suffix or another root word, geo and terra/terr/ter become common English words.