Where does “microclimate” come from?
Microclimate comes from English micro- and climate, where climate derives from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα meaning slope or region, rooted in κλίνω to lean, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱel-.
microclimate (English): A small, local region having a unique pattern of...
Definitions
- A small, local region having a unique pattern of...
Ancestry of “microclimate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | climate | An area of the earth's surface between two... |
| 2 | Middle English | climat | — |
| 3 | Old French | climat | — |
| 4 | Latin | clima | slope, inclination; A Roman unit of area... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κλίμα | a slope, incline, inclination; the supposed slope... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κλίνω | to bend, slant; to cause to give way, cause to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱley- | to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |