aridity
English
noun
Definitions
- A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (burn, ashes, hearth, glow, be become dry, be dry).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eHs-
Gloss
burn, ashes, hearth, glow, be become dry, be dry
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- constellationally English
- semiaridity English
- subaridity English
- ara Latin
- ardens Latin
- ardentem Latin
- ardeo Latin
- ardeō Latin
- ardor Latin
- aridus Latin
- arsio Latin
- assus Latin
- cōnstēllātiō Latin
- ārentem Latin
- āridus Latin
- arido Italian
- aridocoltura Italian
- inaridire Italian
- inaridirsi Italian
- ἀζαλέος Ancient Greek
- ᾰ̓́στρον Ancient Greek
- *as-d- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eHsh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂stḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *askǭ Proto-Germanic
- axe Old English
- axen Middle English
- arinn Old Norse
- essa Old High German
- *kaski Proto-Finnic
- *HáHsas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *āzēō Proto-Italic
- *ās- Proto-Tocharian
- *āstäre Proto-Tocharian