paleoelevation

English

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 *h₁léngʰus

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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.

Noun

paleoelevation (plural paleoelevations)

1. (geology) Elevation (of land) that occurred in the geological past.
   • 1999, Alan Graham, Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic History of North American Vegetation:

     In the Basin and Range province paleoelevations were calculated for two Late Eocene floras in northeastern Nevada (Povey et al., 1994).