acclimatize
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acclimatize
- /əˈklaɪ.məˌtaɪz/
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Old French a-
French a-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-
Proto-Indo-European *-éyti
Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti
Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō
Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Hellenic *-mə
Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă)bor.
Latin climalbor.
Middle French climat
French climat
Proto-Italic *-āzi
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Latin -ereinflu.
Latin -āre
Old French -ier
Middle French -er
French -er
French acclimaterbor.
English acclimate
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English acclimatize
From acclimate + -ize. First attested in 1836.
verb acclimatizes · acclimatizing · acclimatized · acclimatise
- To get used to a new climate, or to a new situation. acclimatize to the new regulations
- To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate. acclimatize the staff to the new regulations
