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Ordovician en · ADJ
Etymology
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Proto-Indo-European *h₃erg-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.?
Proto-Celtic *ordosder.
Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der.
Proto-Celtic *wiketider.
Latin Ordovīcēslbor.
English Ordovices
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Proto-Italic *-ānos
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English Ordovician
From Ordovices + -ian. Coined by English geologist Q932471 in 1879 after the Celtic tribe of the Ordovices.
Meanings
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Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and upper epochs from about 488 to 443 million years ago.
Against the dark Ordovician gabbro, the black volcanic base, Rhynie is a streak of technicolour.
2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 205:
Forms
Ordovician en · PROPN
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃erg-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.?
Proto-Celtic *ordosder.
Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der.
Proto-Celtic *wiketider.
Latin Ordovīcēslbor.
English Ordovices
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Proto-Italic *-ānos
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English Ordovician
From Ordovices + -ian. Coined by English geologist Q932471 in 1879 after the Celtic tribe of the Ordovices.
Meanings
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The Ordovician period.
Translations (19)
ja オルドビス紀 (Ordovician period) · fi ordoviikkikausi (Ordovician period) · hu ordovícium (Ordovician period) · pt Ordovícico (Ordovician period) · nl ordovicium (Ordovician period) · pt Ordoviciano (Ordovician period) · el Ορδοβίκια (Ordovician period) · vi kỉ Oóc-đô-vít (Ordovician period) · sv ordovicium (Ordovician period) · de Ordovizium (Ordovician period) · cs ordovik (Ordovician period) · mn ᠣᠷᠳᠣᠸᠢᠺ ᠦᠨ ᠭᠠᠯᠪᠠ (Ordovician period) · es Ordovícico (Ordovician period) · no ordovicium (Ordovician period) · ru ордови́кский пери́од (Ordovician period) · cmn 奧陶紀 /奥陶纪 (Ordovician period) · mn Ордовикийн галав (Ordovician period) · et ordoviitsium (Ordovician period) · ru ордови́к (Ordovician period)