Where does “acclimate” come from?
Acclimate derives from French acclimater, built from French climat and Ancient Greek ἀ-, which combined the prefix Latin ad- with Latin ad and Ancient Greek κλίνω, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European roots sem- and ḱel- meaning to incline or lean.
acclimate (English): To habituate to a climate not native; to...
Definitions
- To habituate to a climate not native; to...
Ancestry of “acclimate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | acclimater | to acclimatize |
| 2 | French | climat | climate |
| 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 |
Words derived from “acclimate”
- acclimation
- acclimatization
- acclimatize
- acclimatisation
- acclimatise
- photoacclimation
- reacclimate
- reacclimatize
- deacclimatization
- acclimatizer
- acclimator
- acclimatable
- acclimatiser
- acclimatizational
- photoacclimate
- acclimature
- deacclimate
- acclimatizable
- preacclimation
- aklimatyzować
- acclimational
- reacclimation
- acclimatisational
- aklimatyzacja