English

geocode

From geo- + code.

A compound of geo- + code

Proto-Hellenic *gaya

Ancient Greek γῆ ‘earth’

English geo-

Latin caudex ‘the stock or stem of a tree’

Latin cōdex ‘tree trunk’

Old French code ‘system of law’

Middle English code ‘system of law’

English code

Today it means

verb To find the latitude and longitude coordinates of an address.

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