Etymology

isopor

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Today it means: A line on a map that joins places of equal annual change in a geomagnetic property; an isoporic line. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πόρος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπόρος“journey”
  2. English todayisopor

From iso- + Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “journey”), on the basis that isopors are "lines of equal travel".

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπόρος all →

poreporion

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