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Where does “palaeothermometry” come from?

palaeothermometry (English) comes from English thermometry, from English thermo-, from Ancient Greek θερμός, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

palaeothermometry (English): the estimation of the temperature in the geologic...

Definitions

  1. the estimation of the temperature in the geologic...

Ancestry of “palaeothermometry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthermometryThe science and technology related to the...
2Englishthermo-heat
3Ancient Greekθερμόςwarm, hot, boiling, glowing; hotheaded, hasty,...
4Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
5Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
6Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
8Proto-Indo-European-ess—
9Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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