Ordovician

形容词 adj. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and upper epochs from about 488 to 443 million years ago.
    — Against the dark Ordovician gabbro, the black volcanic base, Rhynie is a streak of technicolour.
专有名词
  1. The Ordovician period.

词形变化

more Ordovician comparative most Ordovician superlative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃erg-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.?
Proto-Celtic *ordosder.
Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der.
Proto-Celtic *wiketider.
Latin Ordovīcēslbor.
English Ordovices
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English Ordovician
From Ordovices + -ian. Coined by English geologist Charles Lapworth in 1879 after the Celtic tribe of the Ordovices.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃erg-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.?
Proto-Celtic *ordosder.
Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der.
Proto-Celtic *wiketider.
Latin Ordovīcēslbor.
English Ordovices
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English Ordovician
From Ordovices + -ian. Coined by English geologist Charles Lapworth in 1879 after the Celtic tribe of the Ordovices.
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