Where does “sub-outcrop” come from?
sub-outcrop (English) comes from English outcrop, from English crop, from Middle English crop, from Old English cropp, from Proto-Germanic *kropp, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz, from Proto-Indo-European grewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
sub-outcrop (English): A rock stratum that was once exposed at an ancient erosion surface and unconformably underlies another rock stratum
Definitions
- A rock stratum that was once exposed at an ancient erosion surface and unconformably underlies another rock stratum
Ancestry of “sub-outcrop”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | outcrop | A piece of land that stands out from the land... |
| 2 | English | crop | A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be... |
| 3 | Middle English | crop | — |
| 4 | Old English | cropp | the crop of a bird; the head of a flower; an ear... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *kropp | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kruppaz | a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |