English
isopiptesis
Isopiptesis comes from German Isepiptesen.
- Germanc. 1650–presentIsepiptesen
- Englishearliest quotation 1892isopiptesis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentIsepiptesen
- Englishearliest quotation 1892isopiptesis
Earliest quotation: 1892, J. A. Palmén, Report on the Migration of Birds: “The conclusion that the migration takes place at right…”
Every English word from German Isepiptesen
Today it means
noun An isoline that joins points on a map where the individuals of a particular migratory species arrive at the same time each year.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Isepiptesen / isopiptesis