Where does “anticiclonic” come from?
anticiclonic (Romanian) comes from French anticyclonique, from French cyclonique, from French cyclone, from Ancient Greek κυκλῶν, from Ancient Greek κυκλόω, from Ancient Greek -όω, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
anticiclonic (Romanian): anticyclonic
Definitions
- anticyclonic
Ancestry of “anticiclonic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | anticyclonique | anticyclonic |
| 2 | French | cyclonique | cyclonic |
| 3 | French | cyclone | cyclone (rotating system of winds) |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κυκλῶν | present active participle of κυκλόω; moving in a... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κυκλόω | to encircle, surround; to go round; to form a... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |