geographic English · revision 10726

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=clipping|attested=1559|origins=en geographical|origins=la-lat geographicus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌdʒiː.əˈɡræf.ɪk/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a shortened form of [[geographical]],^(Etymonline) in some cases probably from French géographique or Late Latin geōgraphicus,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from Greek geōgraphikós, from geōgraphía (see [[geography]]).^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of or relating to geography: 1559 in Merriam-Webster,^(MWU 2024) 1630 in the OED, the 1620s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The OED calls the adjective now somewhat rare, beside geographical,^(OED 1989) though it is common in American use, as in the names of geographic societies.^(AHD)^(MWU 2024) A rare plural noun, geographics, from Greek tà geōgraphiká, is from 1610.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1559 – geographic.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1610 – geographics (noun).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1630 – geographic.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or relating to [[geography]].^(AHD)

+ # Of the natural features or position of a particular region.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[geographically]]

+ * [[nongeographic]]

+ * [[ungeographic]]

+ * [[geographic mile]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[geographer]]

+ * [[geographical]]

+ * [[geography]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}