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climate

KLY-mit · noun

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Origin

From Middle English climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek klíma, meaning 'latitude' or literally 'inclination.'

Journey

The word began as a term for a zone of the earth defined by the slant of the sun's rays at a given latitude, before coming to mean the weather typical of a place.

Related words

The facts given don't support a documented cognate beyond its direct chain through Latin and Old French.

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