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- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-der.?
- Ancient Greekπάλαι (pálai)
- Ancient Greekπᾰλαιός (pălaiós)
- Englishpaleo-
- Englishpalaeo-
- Ancient GreekὨκεᾰνός (Ōkeănós)
- LatinŌceanus
- Old Frenchoccean
- Middle English*ocean, occean, occian, occyan
- Englishocean
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Englishoceanography
- Englishoceanographic
- English todaypalaeoceanographic
From palaeo- + oceanographic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.