Word part · Greek combining form
The Greek combining form geo
Means: earth.
At a glance
- Part
- geo
- Meaning
- earth
- Layer
- Greek: Combining forms behind science words, with spellings like ph and ch.
Geo ends in o, so it joins the next part with no extra vowel: geology, geography.
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- geo (root or base)+graphy (root or base)→geography
the study of the lands and people of the earth
- geo (root or base)+graph (root or base)+er (suffix)→geographer
a person who studies geography
- geo (root or base)+graph (root or base)+ic (suffix)→geographic
having to do with geography
- geo (root or base)+logy (root or base)→geology
the study of rocks and the earth
- geo (root or base)+log (root or base)+ist (suffix)→geologist
a scientist who studies rocks and the earth
- geo (root or base)+log (root or base)+ic (suffix)→geologic
having to do with geology
- geo (root or base)+metry (root or base)→geometry
the math of measuring shapes, lines and angles
- geo (root or base)+metr (root or base)+ic (suffix)→geometric
made of simple shapes such as lines and circles
- geo (root or base)+therm (root or base)+al (suffix)→geothermal
using heat from deep inside the earth
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