Where does “hemiboreal” come from?

hemiboreal (English) comes from English boreal, from Latin boreālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

hemiboreal (English): Describing a climate midway between a temperate and a boreal one

Definitions

  1. Describing a climate midway between a temperate and a boreal one

Ancestry of “hemiboreal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishborealOf, relating to, or coming from the north
2Latinboreālisnorthern
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin boreālis →