Where does “Climategate” come from?
Climategate (English) comes from English -gate, from English Watergate, from English water, from Middle English water, from Old English wæter, from Proto-West Germanic watar, from Proto-Germanic watōr, from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥ — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
Climategate (English): A scandal involving the theft of computer records in November, 2009 which contained information about climate change research conducted at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, England
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- A scandal involving the theft of computer records in November, 2009 which contained information about climate change research conducted at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, England
Ancestry of “Climategate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -gate | Combined with keywords to form the names of... |
| 2 | English | Watergate | An American political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, in 1972) that eventually led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon |
| 3 | English | water | A substance found at room temperature and... |
| 4 | Middle English | water | water; water vapour, condensation; lake, pond,... |
| 5 | Old English | wæter | water |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | watar | water |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | watōr | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |