Where does “climatological” come from?
Climatological derives from English climatology and the suffix -logy, tracing through Latin -icus and Proto-Indo-European -kos to Ancient Greek κλίνω and ultimately Proto-Indo-European ḱley-, meaning to lean or incline.
climatological (English): Of or pertaining to climatology
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to climatology
Ancestry of “climatological”, step by step
| 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 |