strato-

before vowels strat-, word-forming element of Latin origin referring to layers or layering, also stratus clouds, from combining form of Latin stratus "a spreading" (from PIE root *stere- "to spread"). In later use often short for stratosphere, in reference to high altitudes.

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stratosphere (n.)

1908, from French stratosphère, literally "sphere of layers," coined by French meteorologist Léon-Philippe Teisserenc de Bort (1855-1913) from Latin stratus "a spreading out" (from past-participle stem of sternere "to spread out," from PIE root *stere- "to spread") + French -sphère, as in atmosphère (see sphere).

The region where the temperature increases or remains steady as altitude increases. An earlier stratosphere, attested in English 1908 and coined in German 1901, was a geological term for part of the Earth's crust. It is now obsolete in this sense. Related: Stratospheric.

strato-cumulus (adj.)

1898, from strato- + cumulus.

stratovolcano

*stere-

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