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Where does “Celsius” come from?

Celsius comes from Latin celsus, from Latin cello, from Proto-Indo-European kel-, from Proto-Indo-European kelH-, which meant to rise or be high.

Celsius (English): Related to a metric temperature scale, originally...

Definitions

  1. Related to a metric temperature scale, originally...

Ancestry of “Celsius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishCelsius—

Words derived from “Celsius”

  • เซลเซียส
Every word from Swedish Celsius →