Etymology

acclimatize

ac·cli·ma·tize
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Today it means: To get used to a new climate, or to a new situation. Full definition →

English acclimate ← French acclimater ← Middle French climat
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Old Frencha-
  6. Frencha-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱley-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥néyti
  10. Proto-Hellenic*klíňňō
  11. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νω (klī́nō)
  12. Ancient Greekκλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă)
  13. Latinclima
  14. Middle Frenchclimat
  15. Frenchclimat
  16. Frenchacclimater
  17. Englishacclimate
  18. English todayacclimatize

From acclimate + -ize. First attested in 1836.

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