Where does “météospatiale” come from?
météospatiale (French) comes from French météo, from French météorologie, from Ancient Greek μετεωρολογία, from Ancient Greek μετέωρος, from Ancient Greek ἀείρω, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wer-, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
météospatiale (French): space weather
Definitions
- space weather
Ancestry of “météospatiale”, step by step
météospatiale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French météo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | météo | weather; weather forecast |
| 2 | French | météorologie | meteorology |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μετεωρολογία | treatise on celestial phenomena |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μετέωρος | lifted up, on high, in air |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀείρω | to lift up, raise, support; to bear, sustain; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wer- | to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via French spatiale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | spatiale | feminine singular of spatial |