Tundriform
/ˈtʌn.drɪ.fɔːrm/noun
Resembling or characteristic of tundra.
Did you know?The word combines tundra, a term ultimately borrowed through Russian from Sámi or related northern languages, with the Latin-derived suffix -form, meaning “having the shape of.”
Etymological Timeline
Pre-modern Northern Europe
Sámi
tundar
“High, barren land or treeless upland; a probable source of the tundra word family”
18th Century
Russian
тундра (tundra)
“Treeless, marshy Arctic plain”
18th Century
English
tundra
“A vast, treeless Arctic plain”
Classical Antiquity
Latin
forma
“Shape, figure, or appearance; the source of English -form”
Middle English
English
form
“Shape, structure, or appearance”
19th–20th Century
English
tundriform
“Having the form or characteristics of tundra”