Where does “climate-speak” come from?
climate-speak (English) comes from English climate, from Middle English climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα, from Ancient Greek κλίνω, from Proto-Indo-European ḱley-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.
climate-speak (English): The jargon used by climatologists and people talking about climate change
Definitions
- The jargon used by climatologists and people talking about climate change
Ancestry of “climate-speak”, step by step
climate-speak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English climate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | climate | An area of the earth's surface between two... |
| 2 | Middle English | climat | — |
| 3 | Old French | climat | — |
| 4 | Latin | clima | slope, inclination; A Roman unit of area... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κλίμα | a slope, incline, inclination; the supposed slope... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κλίνω | to bend, slant; to cause to give way, cause to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱley- | to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via English speak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | speak | To communicate with one's voice, to say words out... |
| 2 | Middle English | speke | — |
| 3 | Old English | specan | Alternative form of sprecan; to speak |
| 4 | Old English | sprecan | to speak, talk |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprekan | to speak |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sprekaną | to speak, to make a noise |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spreg- | to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,... |