Pleistocene=البليستوسين

Pleistocene=البليستوسين

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

Pleistocene (adj.)

"pertaining to the glacial period," 1839, coined by Lyell from Gk. pleistos "most" (superlative of polys "much;" see poly-) + -cene.

poly-

word-forming element meaning "many, much," from Gk. poly-, combining form of polys "much" (plural polloi); cognate with L. plus, from PIE root *ple- (cf. Skt. purvi "much," prayah "mostly;" Avestan perena-, O.Pers. paru "much;" Gk. plethos "people, multitude, great number," pleres "full," polys "much, plenty," ploutos "wealth," plethein "be full;" Lith. pilus "full, abundant;" O.C.S. plunu; Goth. filu "much," O.N. fjöl-, O.E. fela, feola "much, many;" O.E. folgian; O.Ir. lan, Welsh llawn "full;" O.Ir. il, Welsh elu "much"), probably related to root *pele- (2) "to spread." In chemical names, usually indicating a compound with a large number of atoms or molecules of the same kind (cf. polymer).

-cene

word-forming element in geology, introduced by Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875), from Gk. kainos "new," cognate with L. recens (see recent).