Neptunism en · PROPN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *nébʰosder. Proto-Italic *neptūnos Latin Neptūnusbor. Middle English Neptune English Neptune Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Neptunism From Neptune + -ism.
Meanings
- (historical) A discredited scientific theory of geology, held by many scientists around the late 18th century and early 19th century, that rocks were formed from the crystallisation of minerals in the early Earth's oceans.
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fr neptunisme (scientific theory) · de Neptunismus (scientific theory) · ca neptunisme (scientific theory) · ja 水成説 (scientific theory) · ja 水成論 (scientific theory) · cmn 水成論 /水成论 (scientific theory)