Etymology

isotach

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Today it means: An isoline linking places on a map which have equal wind speed. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ταχύς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromταχύς“fast”
  2. English todayisotach

From iso- + Ancient Greek ταχύς (takhús, “fast”) (see tachy-).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekταχύς all →

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