Where does “dendroclimatology” come from?
dendroclimatology (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.
dendroclimatology (English): the science that uses dendrochronology to...
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- the science that uses dendrochronology to...
Ancestry of “dendroclimatology”, 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 |