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Where does “dendrochronologie” come from?

dendrochronologie (French) comes from Italian -dendro, from Ancient Greek δένδρον, from Latin Cygnus, from Ancient Greek Κύκνος, from Latin olor, from Ancient Greek Τιτάν, from Translingual -therium, from Ancient Greek θηρίον — wild; wild animal.

dendrochronologie (French): dendrochronology

Definitions

  1. dendrochronology

Ancestry of “dendrochronologie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-dendro-dendron
2Ancient Greekδένδρονtree
3LatinCygnus—
4Ancient GreekΚύκνος—
5Latinolorswan; A smell
6Ancient GreekΤιτάνTitan
7Translingual-therium—
8Ancient Greekθηρίονwild animal, beast, savage beast; a small animal,...
9Ancient Greekθήρa wild beast, beast of prey, especially a lion;...
10Proto-Hellenickʷʰḗrwild beast
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwer-wild; wild animal
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