Etymology

isothere

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Today it means: An isotherm connecting points on a map with equal mean summer temperature. Full definition →

French isothère ← Ancient Greek θέρος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromθέρος“summer”
  2. French · borrowed fromisothère
  3. English todayisothere

From French isothère, from iso- + Ancient Greek θέρος (théros, “summer”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekθέρος all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.