Etymology

deacclimatization

Today it means: acclimatization to an original climate or system (after being acclimatized to another) Full definition →

English acclimatization ← French acclimater ← Middle French climat
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Proto-Italic*ad-
  10. Latinad-
  11. Old Frencha-
  12. Frencha-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱley-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥néyti
  16. Proto-Hellenic*klíňňō
  17. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νω (klī́nō)
  18. Ancient Greekκλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă)
  19. Latinclima
  20. Middle Frenchclimat
  21. Frenchclimat
  22. Frenchacclimater
  23. Englishacclimate
  24. Englishacclimatize
  25. Englishacclimatization
  26. English todaydeacclimatization

From de- + acclimatization.

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