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Where does “hydrometamorphism” come from?

hydrometamorphism (English) comes from English metamorphism, from French métamorphisme, from Ancient Greek μετά, from Proto-Indo-European meth₂, from Proto-Indo-European mé.

hydrometamorphism (English): A type of metamorphism caused by water

Definitions

  1. A type of metamorphism caused by water

Ancestry of “hydrometamorphism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmetamorphismThe process by which rocks are changed into other...
2Frenchmétamorphismemetamorphism
3Ancient Greekμετάin the midst of, among, between, with; in common,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeth₂with
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmé—
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