Standard Lemma guide

geo-

prefix · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈd͡ʒiː.əʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /ˈd͡ʒi.oʊ/
  • Australian: /ˈd͡ʒiː.əʉ/
  • rhymes with -iəʊ

1

prefix

Meaning 1

earth

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: planeto-

2

prefix

Meaning 2

geography

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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- From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”). By surface analysis, ge- (“earth”) + -o-.

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: geo- — Earth
  • Akan: gyeo- — Earth
  • Albanian: gjeo- — Earth
  • Aragonese: cheo- — Earth
  • Armenian: գեո- (geo-) — Earth
  • Asturian: xeo- — Earth
  • Bashkir: гео- (geo-) — Earth
  • Basque: geo- — Earth
  • Belarusian: геа- (hjea-) — Earth
  • Bulgarian: гео- (geo-) — Earth
  • Catalan: geo- — Earth
  • Corsican: geo- — Earth
  • Czech: geo- — Earth
  • Danish: geo- — Earth
  • Dutch: geo- — Earth
  • Esperanto: geo- — Earth
  • Estonian: geo- — Earth
  • Finnish: geo- — Earth
  • French: géo- — Earth
  • Friulian: gjeo- — Earth
  • Galician: xeo- — Earth
  • Georgian: გეო- (geo-) — Earth
  • German: geo- — Earth
  • Greek: γεω- (geo-) — Earth
  • Greek: γαιο- (gaio-) — Earth
  • Haitian Creole: jewo- — Earth
  • Hebrew: גֵּאוֹ־ (geo) — Earth
  • Hungarian: geo- — Earth
  • Ido: geo- — Earth
  • Indonesian: geo- — Earth
  • Interlingua: geo- — Earth
  • Irish: geo- — Earth
  • Italian: geo- — Earth
  • Kazakh: гео- (geo-) — Earth
  • Kyrgyz: гео- (geo-) — Earth
  • Latin: geo- — Earth
  • Latvian: ģeo- — Earth
  • Lithuanian: geo- — Earth
  • Macedonian: гео- (geo-) — Earth
  • Malay: geo- — Earth
  • Maltese: ġeo- — Earth
  • Norman: géo- — Earth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: geo- — Earth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: geo- — Earth
  • Occitan: geo- — Earth
  • Persian: ژئو (že'o-) — Earth
  • Polish: geo- — Earth
  • Portuguese: geo- — Earth
  • Romanian: geo- — Earth
  • Romanian: ӂео- (geo-) — Earth
  • Russian: гео- (geo-) — Earth
  • Serbo-Croatian: гео- — Earth
  • Serbo-Croatian: geo- — Earth
  • Sicilian: gio- — Earth
  • Slovak: geo- — Earth
  • Slovene: geo- — Earth
  • Spanish: geo- — Earth
  • Swedish: geo- — Earth
  • Tagalog: heo- — Earth
  • Tajik: гео- (geo-) — Earth
  • Turkmen: geo- — Earth
  • Ukrainian: гео- (heo-) — Earth
  • Uzbek: geo- — Earth
  • Yiddish: געאָ־ (geo-) — Earth