An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

The study and measurement of the shape, size, and curvature of the Earth.

Etymology (EN): From Fr. géodésie, from Gk. geodaisia, from → geo-

• dai(ein) “to divide” + -sia, variant of -ia a noun suffix.

Etymology (PE): Zamin-sanji, from zamin, → geo-, + sanji, from sanjidan “to measure; to compare,” from Mid.Pers. sanjidan “to weigh,”
from present tense stem sanj-, Av. θanj- “to draw, pull;” Proto-Iranian
*θanj-. Other terms from this base in Pers.: lanjidan “to pull up,”
hanjidan, âhanjidan “to draw out,” farhang “education, culture.”