Where does “climatologic” come from?
climatologic (English) comes from English climatology, 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- — to cover; to incline.
climatologic (English): Of or pertaining to climatology
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to climatology
Ancestry of “climatologic”, step by step
climatologic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English climatology
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | climatology | The science that deals with climates, and... |
| 2 | English | climate | An area of the earth's surface between two... |
| 3 | Middle English | 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 |
via French climatologique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | climatologique | climatological |
| 2 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 3 | Middle French | -ique | ic |
| 4 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |