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Where does “paleolandscape” come from?

paleolandscape (English) comes from English paleo, from Hawaiian leo, from Proto-Polynesian leo, from Proto-Oceanic leqo, from Proto-Oceanic *(qa-)liqoʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian liqəʀ — neck.

paleolandscape (English): A landscape as it was in ancient times

Definitions

  1. A landscape as it was in ancient times

Ancestry of “paleolandscape”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaleoClipping of paleodiet
2Hawaiianleovoice; sound; command; verbal message
3Proto-Polynesianleovoice; language; speech
4Proto-Oceanicleqo—
5Proto-Oceanic*(qa-)liqoʀ—
6Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*liqəʀ—
7Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*liqəʀ—
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianliqəʀneck
9Proto-Austronesianliqəʀneck
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