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Holocene

/ˈhɒl.əˌsiːn/ · adj

Meaning

  1. Of a geologic epoch within the Quaternary period from about the year 10 000 BC to the present; the age of man.
  2. The Holocene epoch.

Etymology / origin

From French Holocène, based on holo- (“whole”) + Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “fresh, new”). Coined to replace the earlier (1833) label Recent, formally submitted in 1867 and officially endorsed in 1969. The concept is that this epoch is entirely (wholly) new. By surface analysis, holo- + -cene.

  1. καινός(Ancient Greek)→
  2. Holocène(French)→
  3. Holocene (English)
  4. Relations: bor, der

Related words

Holocène(French)καινός(Ancient Greek)

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