Holocene

Meanings

Adjective

Proper Noun

  • The Holocene epoch.

Origin

  • From French Holocène, based on holo- + Ancient Greek καινός ("fresh, new"). Coined to replace the earlier (1833) label recent, formally submitted in 1867 and officially endorsed in 1969.

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