Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paleoelevation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pa-le-oel-e-va-tion
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.? Ancient Greek πάλαι (pálai) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣʷis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin levō Latin ēlevō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ēlevātiō Old French elevation English elevation English paleoelevation From paleo- + elevation.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does paleoelevation mean?
Elevation (of land) that occurred in the geological past.
Where does paleoelevation come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.? Ancient Greek πάλαι (pálai) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣʷis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin levō Latin ēlevō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ēlevātiō Old French elevation English elevation English paleoelevation From paleo- + elevation.

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