Where does “clinal” come from?

clinal (English) comes from English cline, from Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω — to decline; I bend, lean.

clinal (English): Pertaining to beds or rest; Describing a torsion...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to beds or rest; Describing a torsion...

Ancestry of “clinal”, step by step

clinal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cline

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclineA gradation in a character or phenotype within a...
2Ancient Greekκλῑ́νωto decline; I bend, lean

via Ancient Greek κλίνη

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκλίνηbed, couch
2Ancient Greekκλίνεινpresent active infinitive of κλίνω; to lean,...

Words derived from “clinal”

Every word from Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω →