Where does “paleoclimatological” come from?
paleoclimatological (English) comes from English climatological, from English climatology, from English climate, from Middle English climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα, from Ancient Greek κλίνω — to cover; to incline.
Ancestry of “paleoclimatological”, step by step
paleoclimatological traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English climatological
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | climatological | Of or pertaining to climatology |
| 2 | English | climatology | The science that deals with climates, and... |
| 3 | English | climate | An area of the earth's surface between two... |
| 4 | Middle English | climat | — |
| 5 | Old French | climat | — |
| 6 | Latin | clima | slope, inclination; A Roman unit of area... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κλίμα | a slope, incline, inclination; the supposed slope... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κλίνω | to bend, slant; to cause to give way, cause to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱley- | to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via English paleo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paleo | Clipping of paleodiet |
| 2 | Hawaiian | leo | voice; sound; command; verbal message |
| 3 | Proto-Polynesian | leo | voice; language; speech |
| 4 | Proto-Oceanic | leqo | — |
| 5 | Proto-Oceanic | *(qa-)liqoʀ | throat front part of the neck |
| 6 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *liqəʀ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *liqəʀ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | liqəʀ | neck |
| 9 | Proto-Austronesian | liqəʀ | neck |