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Where does “acclimatizer” come from?

acclimatizer (English) comes from English acclimatize, from English acclimate, from French acclimater, from French climat, from Middle French climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα — to cover; to incline.

acclimatizer (English): An agent that acclimatizes itself or others

Definitions

  1. An agent that acclimatizes itself or others

Ancestry of “acclimatizer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacclimatizeTo get used to a new climate; To make used to a...
2EnglishacclimateTo habituate to a climate not native; to...
3Frenchacclimaterto acclimatize
4Frenchclimatclimate
5Middle Frenchclimat—
6Old Frenchclimat—
7Latinclimaslope, inclination; A Roman unit of area...
8Ancient Greekκλίμαa slope, incline, inclination; the supposed slope...
9Ancient Greekκλίνωto bend, slant; to cause to give way, cause to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱley-to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline
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