Where does “acclimatize” come from?
acclimatize (English) comes from English acclimate, from French acclimater, from French climat, from Middle French climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα, from Ancient Greek κλίνω — to cover; to incline.
acclimatize (English): To get used to a new climate; To make used to a...
Definitions
- To get used to a new climate; To make used to a...
Ancestry of “acclimatize”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | acclimate | To habituate to a climate not native; to... |
| 2 | French | acclimater | to acclimatize |
| 3 | French | climat | climate |
| 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 |