English
isopleth
Isopleth comes from Ancient Greek πλῆθος ‘a great number’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλῆθοςplêthos‘a great number’
- Englishtodayisopleth
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλῆθοςplêthos‘a great number’
- Englishtodayisopleth
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
people, public, full, popular, plus, fill, supply, complete, poll, plenty, folk, plain, implement, manipulation, comply, completion, accomplish, supplement, complement, plural, ample, amplitude, amplify, puri, plenary, depletion, replenish, volk, plenum, replete, plebs, plebeian, deplete, fulsome, 74 more
through Ancient Greek πλήθω ‘to fill’
Today it means
noun A line drawn on a map through all points having the same value of some measurable quantity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek πλῆθος / isopleth