acclimate
verbEtymology
Etymology tree 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 Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă)bor. Latin climalbor. Middle French climat French climat Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French acclimaterbor. English acclimate 1792, from French acclimater.
- borrowed from acclimater
Definitions
To habituate to a climate not native
To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
To adjust to a new environment
To adjust to a new environment; not necessarily a wild, natural, earthy one.
To become accustomed to a new climate or environment.
The neighborhood
- synonymacclimatise
- synonymacclimatize
- synonymaccommodate
- synonymacculture
- synonymaccustom
- synonymclimatize
- synonymconform
- synonymget used to
- synonymhabituate
- synonymharden
- synonymseason
- synonymtoughen
- neighboracclimatize
- neighborclimate
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for acclimate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA