Etymograph

English

isothermobath

Isothermobath comes from Ancient Greek βαθύς ‘deep’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβαθύςbathús‘deep’earlier origin unknown
  2. Englishtodayisothermobath

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβαθύςbathús‘deep’earlier origin unknown
  2. Englishtodayisothermobath

Formed from iso- + thermo-

Ancient Greek ἴσος ‘equal’

English iso-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘to be warm’

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos

Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós

Ancient Greek θερμός ‘warm, hot’

English thermo-

Today it means

noun A line drawn through points of equal temperature in a vertical section of the ocean.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek βαθύς / isothermobath