Where does “klimaatverandering” come from?
klimaatverandering (Dutch) comes from Afrikaans klimaat, 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 — to cover; to incline.
klimaatverandering (Dutch): climate change
Definitions
- climate change
Ancestry of “klimaatverandering”, step by step
klimaatverandering traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans klimaat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | klimaat | climate |
| 2 | Dutch | klimaat | climate |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | climaet | — |
| 4 | Middle French | climat | — |
| 5 | Old French | climat | — |
| 6 | Latin | clima | slope, inclination; A Roman unit of area... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κλίμα | a slope, incline, inclination; the supposed slope... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κλίνω | to bend, slant; to cause to give way, cause to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱley- | to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via Afrikaans verandering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | verandering | — |
via English climate change
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | climate change | Natural large-scale and long-term change in the... |