Etymology

advection

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Today it means: The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc. Full definition →

Latin advectio
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromadvectio“act of bringing”
  2. English todayadvection

From Latin advectio (“act of bringing”), from advectus (past participle of advehere (“to carry to”), from ad- + vehere (“to convey”)) + -io.

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