Etymograph

English

isopach

Isopach comes from Ancient Greek παχύς ‘thick’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰenǵʰ-‘thick’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰénǵʰus‘thick’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pəkʰúsreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπαχύςpakhús‘thick’
  5. Englishtodayisopach

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰenǵʰ-‘thick’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰénǵʰus‘thick’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pəkʰúsreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπαχύςpakhús‘thick’
  5. Englishtodayisopach

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- ‘thick’

bunch, bunion, 1 more

Today it means

noun A line on a chart joining parts of a stratigraphic unit that have the same thickness; an isopachous line.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- / isopach

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