The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκλίνω“to lean”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκοινός“common”
- English todaycoenocline
From Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common”) plus Ancient Greek κλίνω (klínō, “to lean”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκοινός all →
cenesthopathycenogamycoen-coenesthesiopathycoenobiumcoenocytecoenurekoinomatterkoinophiliakoinophobia
Ancient Greekκλίνω all →
-clinalclino-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.