Etymology of the English word acclimatize
the English word
acclimatizeusing the English suffix
-izederived from the Old French suffix
-iserderived from the Latin suffix
-izarederived from the Greek suffix
-izein, -ίζειν
derived from the English word
acclimatederived from the French word
acclimaterderived from the French word
climatderived from the Late Latin word
clima (climate; measure of land; inclination from latitude)
derived from the Greek word
klima, κλίμα (a slope; a 'clime' or tract of country)
using the French prefix
a-derived from the Latin word
ad (to; near; to; to; to; near)
Derivations in English
acclimatized,
acclimatizingCognates
Dutch
acclimatiseren, French
acclimater, German
akklimatisieren, Norwegian
akklimatisere, Swedish
acklimatiseraUsage
Word found in Modern English
