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To: Olog-hai

That’s a new one to me. Wouldn’t it be Terrology if it was earth specific?


18 posted on 11/22/2014 12:37:29 AM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Axenolith
No, since “geology” is derived from Greek γε and not Latin terra. The derivation is similar to how the name George is derived from the Greek word for “farmer” or (literally) “earthworker”, which is γεοργος.
24 posted on 11/22/2014 7:45:56 AM PST by Olog-hai
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