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Where does “cyclostratigraphic” come from?

cyclostratigraphic (English) comes from English stratigraphic, from English stratum, from Latin strātum, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

cyclostratigraphic (English): Of or pertaining to cyclostratigraphy

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to cyclostratigraphy

Ancestry of “cyclostratigraphic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstratigraphicOf or pertaining to the arrangement of...
2EnglishstratumOne of several parallel horizontal layers of...
3Latinstrātum—
4Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
5Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
6Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
8Proto-Indo-European-ess—
9Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “cyclostratigraphic”

  • cyclostratigraphically
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