Where does “klimaatgevoeligheid” come from?
klimaatgevoeligheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch klimaat, from Middle Dutch climaet, from Middle French climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα, from Ancient Greek κλίνω, from Proto-Indo-European ḱley- — to cover; to incline.
klimaatgevoeligheid (Dutch): climate sensitivity
Definitions
- climate sensitivity
Ancestry of “klimaatgevoeligheid”, step by step
klimaatgevoeligheid traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch klimaat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | klimaat | climate |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | climaet | — |
| 3 | Middle French | climat | — |
| 4 | Old French | climat | — |
| 5 | Latin | clima | slope, inclination; A Roman unit of area... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κλίμα | a slope, incline, inclination; the supposed slope... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κλίνω | to bend, slant; to cause to give way, cause to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱley- | to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via Dutch gevoeligheid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | gevoeligheid | sensitivity; tenderness |
| 2 | Dutch | gevoelig | sensitive |
| 3 | Dutch | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; -ed, having |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | -ich | -y |
| 5 | Old Dutch | -ig | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via English climate sensitivity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | climate sensitivity | The sensitivity of the Earth's climate to additions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere: the degree of effect that such additions have; a numerical value as a metric thereof; any of various educated estimates for the real (unknown) value |