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ordovician

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

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The Ordovician period.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃erg-der.? Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.? Proto-Celtic *ordosder. Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Proto-Celtic *wiketider. Latin Ordovīcēslbor. English Ordovices Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Ordovician From Ordovices + -ian. Coined by English geologist Q932471 in 1879 after the Celtic tribe of the Ordovices.

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What does ordovician mean?: Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and upper epochs from about 488 to 443 million years ago.
Where does ordovician come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃erg-der.? Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.? Proto-Celtic *ordosder. Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Proto-Celtic *wiketider. Latin Ordovīcēslbor. English Ordovices Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Ordovician From Ordovices + -ian. Coined by English geologist Q932471 in 1879 after the Celtic tribe of the Ordovices.

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