Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geoscience

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: geo-science
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Latin -ia Latin scientialbor. Old French sciencebor. Middle English science English science English geoscience From geo- + science.

Usage

Inflected Forms

geosciences (plural)

Derived Forms

biogeoscience geoscientific geoscientist nanogeoscience

Questions

What does geoscience mean?: earth science
Where does geoscience come from?: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Latin -ia Latin scientialbor. Old French sciencebor. Middle English science English science English geoscience From geo- + science.

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