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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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climate belt of the earth's surface between two parallels of latitude XIV; (region having certain) atmospheric conditions XVII. — (O)F.
climat or late L.
clīma,
clīmat- — Gr.
klíma,
klímat-, f. *
klī́- as in
klī́nein slope,
LEAN 2.
Hence
climatic XIX.
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