Where does “paleoenvironment” come from?
paleoenvironment (English) comes from English paleo-, from Ancient Greek παλαιός, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
paleoenvironment (English): The past environment of an area during a given...
Definitions
- The past environment of an area during a given...
Ancestry of “paleoenvironment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | paleo- | Old; ancient or primitive; Related to... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | παλαιός | old, aged; ancient, of times past; time-honoured,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ός | — |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |