orogeny
Meaningthe making of mountains
Common meaning: the folding up of mountains
- oroa mountainLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1078 · scan
- genyorigin, birth (Greek -geneia)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek ὄρος ‘a mountain’.
Roots
- ὄρος Greek “a mountain”
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