Etymograph

English

hypolimnion

From hypo- + -limnion.

A compound of hypo- + -limnion

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’

Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under’

English hypo-

Today it means

noun The perpetually cold layer of water that lies beneath the thermocline of a thermally stratified lake.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hypolimnion