Etymology

climate

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Today it means: The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years). Full definition →

Middle English climat ← Old French climat ← Latin clima
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκλίμα“latitude”
  2. Latin · derived fromclima
  3. Old French · derived fromclimat
  4. Middle English · inherited fromclimat
  5. English todayclimate

From Middle English climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “latitude”, literally “inclination”).

Words from the same roots

Latinclima all →

clime

Ancient Greekκλίμα all →

clime

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