Etymology

geoaccumulation

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Today it means: geological accumulation (typically of heavy metals in sediments) Full definition →

English accumulation ← Middle English acumulacyon ← Latin accumulātiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  2. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  3. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  4. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  5. Englishgeo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  7. Proto-Italic*ad
  8. Proto-Italic*ad-
  9. Latinad-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁mósder.?
  12. Latincumulus
  13. Latincumulō
  14. Latinaccumulō
  15. Latinaccumulātiō
  16. Middle Frenchaccumulation
  17. Latinaccumulātiō
  18. Middle Englishacumulacyon
  19. Englishaccumulation
  20. English todaygeoaccumulation

From geo- + accumulation.

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