Where does “Pliocene” come from?
Pliocene (Italian) comes from English Pliocene, from Ancient Greek πλείων, from Proto-Hellenic *pleíhōn, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁yōs — full.
Pliocene (Italian): The Pliocene epoch
Ancestry of “Pliocene”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Pliocene | Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πλείων | more, comparative degree of πολύς; more; more,... |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *pleíhōn | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *pléh₁yōs | full |
Words derived from “Pliocene”