Where does “climograph” come from?
climograph (English) comes from English climo-, 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.
climograph (English): A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by...
Definitions
- A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by...
Ancestry of “climograph”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | climo- | Climate; weather patterns |
| 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 |