Etymology

isotherombrose

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Today it means: An isoline connecting points on the Earth's surface that have the same mean summer rainfall. Full definition →

Ancient Greek θέρος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὄμβρος“rain, rainstorm”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromθέρος“summer”
  3. English todayisotherombrose

From iso- + Ancient Greek θέρος (théros, “summer”) + Ancient Greek ὄμβρος (ómbros, “rain, rainstorm”) + -ose.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekθέρος all →

hydrotherophyteisotheretherophyte

Ancient Greekὄμβρος all →

ombro-ombrophyte

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