Where does “climato-sceptique” come from?
climato-sceptique (French) comes from French climat, from Middle French climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα, from Ancient Greek κλίνω, from Proto-Indo-European ḱley-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.
climato-sceptique (French): climate change skeptic, climate denier
Definitions
- climate change skeptic, climate denier
Ancestry of “climato-sceptique”, step by step
climato-sceptique traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French climat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | climat | climate |
| 2 | Middle French | climat | — |
| 3 | Old French | climat | — |
| 4 | Latin | clima | slope, inclination; A Roman unit of area... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κλίμα | a slope, incline, inclination; the supposed slope... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κλίνω | to bend, slant; to cause to give way, cause to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱley- | to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via French sceptique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sceptique | sceptic British, skeptic American |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | σκεπτικός | thoughtful, inquiring; a sceptic, a member of the... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |