English
acclimatize
From acclimate + -ize.
Formed from acclimate + -ize
Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-
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Latin clima ‘slope, inclination’
Middle French climat
French climat ‘climate’
French acclimater ‘to acclimatize’
English acclimate
first attested First attested in 1836 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1836.
Today it means
verb To get used to a new climate, or to a new situation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / acclimatize