acclimatisation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Old French a-

French a-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti

Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō

Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă)bor.

Latin climalbor.

Middle French climat

French climat

Proto-Italic *-āzi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Old French -ier

Middle French -er

French -er

French acclimaterbor.

English acclimate

English -ise

English acclimatise

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English acclimatisation

From acclimatise + -ation.

Noun

acclimatisation (countable and uncountable, plural acclimatisations)

1. Non-Oxford British English and New Zealand standard spelling of acclimatization.

Derived terms

• acclimatisational