Where does “geosinclinal” come from?
geosinclinal (Romanian) comes from English geosynclinal, from English synclinal, from English clinal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول — kohl, antimony paste.
geosinclinal (Romanian): geosyncline
Definitions
- geosyncline
Ancestry of “geosinclinal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | geosynclinal | Of the Earth's crust, bending downward or... |
| 2 | English | synclinal | Describing a torsion angle between 30° and 90°;... |
| 3 | English | clinal | Pertaining to beds or rest; Describing a torsion... |
| 4 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 5 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 6 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 7 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 8 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 9 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 10 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 11 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |