Etymograph

English

katothermal

From kato- (“downwards”) + -thermal.

Formed from kato- ‘downwards’ + -thermal

Proto-Hellenic *kətá

Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ ‘against’

Ancient Greek κάτω ‘downwards, below’

English kato-

Today it means

adj Having an increasing temperature with increasing water depth.

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

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