Etymology

isohyet

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Today it means: A line of equal rainfall on a map or chart, such as a weather map. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὑετός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromὑετός“rain”
  2. English todayisohyet

From iso- + Ancient Greek ὑετός (huetós, “rain”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὑετός all →

hyetalhyeto-

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.