Where does “isoscape” come from?
isoscape (English) comes from English isotope, from English iso-, from Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος, from Ancient Greek βάρος, from Ancient Greek βαρύς, from Proto-Hellenic gʷarus, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.
isoscape (English): The geographic distribution of isotope ratios
Definitions
- The geographic distribution of isotope ratios
Ancestry of “isoscape”, step by step
isoscape traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English isotope
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | isotope | Any of two or more forms of an element where the... |
| 2 | English | iso- | equal; forms terms relating to isomers; forms... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ῐ̓́σος | equal |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βάρος | weight, burden, load; grief, sorrow; plenty |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βαρύς | heavy, weighty; heavy, burdensome, oppressive;... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷarus | heavy |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |
via English landscape
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | landscape | A portion of land or territory which the eye can... |
| 2 | English | landskip | Obsolete form of landscape |
| 3 | Middle English | landschippe | — |
| 4 | Old English | landscipe | tract of land, region, district |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | landaskapiz | landscape; region, area |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |