paleoelevation

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noun

Elevation (of land) that occurred in the geological past.

OriginEnglish elevation ← Old French elevation ← Latin ēlevātiō →
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Meanings

nounpaleoelevation (plural paleoelevations)

plural paleoelevations

  1. geographyElevation (of land) that occurred in the geological past.

    In the Basin and Range province paleoelevations were calculated for two Late Eocene floras in northeastern Nevada (Povey et al., 1994).

    1999, Alan Graham, Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic History of North American Vegetation

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekπάλαι (pálai)
  3. Ancient Greekπᾰλαιός (pălaiós)
  4. Englishpaleo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  7. Proto-Italic*eks
  8. Latinex
  9. Latinex-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léngʰus
  12. Proto-Italic*breɣʷisinflu.
  13. Proto-Italic*leɣʷis
  14. Latinlevis
  15. Latinlevō
  16. Latinēlevō
  17. Latinēlevātiō
  18. Old Frenchelevation
  19. Englishelevation
  20. Englishpaleoelevation

From paleo- + elevation.

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