palaeoclimatology

Amber Adams wrote:

> ObConlang: My language has no word for 'palaeoclimatology'!
Right. In Carashán: "senonclinatomveronát"

This is a direct calque. "palaeo-" is from the Ancient Greek word palaios
"ancient". The Aredos word for ancient is "senondos", which is the
augmentive of senos, "old". The scientific Carashán prefix is senon-, a
scolarly reborrowing.

"Climate" is from a Greek word meaning "slope", klima. The Aredos word for
slope is "clínás", "latitude/climate" is the augmentive of this-
clínatondos. This was borrowed into Carashán to give "clinatón".

The Carashán suffix for "the study of" is -veronát, from the Aredos
uerondáre "to study".

So: senon- clinatón   -veronát
     palaeo- climate  -ology

all comes together as "senonclinatomveronát", ancient-climate-study.

Yes, I did have to add this one to the dictionary.

Dan

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