Etymology

geomethane

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Today it means: methane produced by degassing from geological deposits Full definition →

English methane ← Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-) ← Proto-Hellenic *gaya
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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. Englishmethane
  7. English todaygeomethane

From geo- + methane.

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