The Greek origins of the word 'katabatic'

'Katabatic' is a word borrowed from Greek 'katabatikos'. The word entered the English language some time around 1918.

katabatic [adjective] [1918]

Relating to or being a wind produced by the flow of cold dense air down a slope (as of a mountain or glacier) in an are...

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Etymology: Greek 'katabatos' descending, verbal of 'katabainein' to go down, from 'kata-' cata- + 'bainein' to go

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