environmental

noun

(computing) Any factor relating to the physical environment in which hardware is operated, such as the room temperature or the number of racks used to hold equipment.

adjective

Pertaining to the environment.

Environmentally friendly.

Roots

inen- · French · in vironviron- · French · circle, circuit -mentum-ment · Latin · result, state -alis-al · Latin · relating to

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The word environmental breaks down into 4 roots of French and Latin origin: en-, from French in (“in”); viron, from French viron (“circle, circuit”); -ment, from Latin -mentum (“result, state”); and -al, from Latin -alis (“relating to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.