English
georgic
Georgic comes from Ancient Greek γεωργός ‘farmer, earth worker’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγεωργόςgeōrgós‘farmer, earth worker’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgeorgicum
- Englishearliest quotation 1605georgic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγεωργόςgeōrgós‘farmer, earth worker’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgeorgicum
- Englishearliest quotation 1605georgic
Earliest quotation: 1605, Francis Bacon, The Second Booke: “And ſurely if the purpoſe be in good earneſt…”
A compound of γῆ ‘earth’ + ἔργον ‘work’
Proto-Hellenic *gaya
Ancient Greek γῆ ‘earth’
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’
Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom ‘work’
Proto-Hellenic *wérgon ‘work’
Ancient Greek ἔργον ‘work’
Every English word from Ancient Greek γεωργός
Today it means
noun A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating land, etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek γεωργός / georgic