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English word climate comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-, Proto-Hellenic *klinō, and later French climat (Climate.)
*ḱley- (Proto-Indo-European)
*klinō (Proto-Hellenic)
κλίνειν (Ancient Greek)
κλίνω (Ancient Greek)
κλίμα (Ancient Greek)
clima (Latin)
(Late Latin) climate, clime. (Late Latin, figuratively) region. (historical, _, units of measure) A Roman unit of area equivalent to a square with sides of 60 Roman feet.. (mathematics) slope, inclination.
climat (French)
Climate.
climate (English)
(figuratively) The context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation.. (obsolete) A region of the Earth.. (obsolete) An area of the earth's surface between two parallels of latitude.. The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period [...]