English
katabatic
Katabatic comes from Ancient Greek καταιβατός ‘down-going, descending’, from βαίνω ‘to go’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-‘to come, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷm̥yéti‘to come’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gʷəňňōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβαίνωbaínō‘to go’next step skipped: Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰβαίνω
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκαταιβατόςkataibatós‘down-going, descending’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005katabatic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-‘to come, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷm̥yéti‘to come’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gʷəňňōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβαίνωbaínō‘to go’next step skipped: Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰβαίνω
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκαταιβατόςkataibatós‘down-going, descending’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005katabatic
Earliest quotation: 2005, Nicholas Johnson: “At the field camp, paper-thin tents shudder beneath katabatic…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’
come, coming, base, revenue, basis, basic, venue, bass, cum, convenience, pug, contravention, misadventure, quim, 54 more
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti ‘to come’
event, adventure, avenue, convention, inventory, advent, intervene, inventor, invent, souvenir, provenance, convene, revenant, contravene, circumvention, 33 more
through Ancient Greek βαίνω ‘to go’
Today it means
adj Downslope on a mountainside.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- / katabatic