Where does “climatizator” come from?
climatizator (Romanian) comes from Romanian climatiza, from French climatiser, from French climat, from Middle French climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα, from Ancient Greek κλίνω — to cover; to incline.
climatizator (Romanian): air conditioning
Definitions
- air conditioning
Ancestry of “climatizator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | climatiza | to air-condition |
| 2 | French | climatiser | to air-condition |
| 3 | French | climat | climate |
| 4 | Middle French | climat | — |
| 5 | Old French | climat | — |
| 6 | Latin | clima | slope, inclination; A Roman unit of area... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κλίμα | a slope, incline, inclination; the supposed slope... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κλίνω | to bend, slant; to cause to give way, cause to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱley- | to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |