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
- Related to a metric temperature scale, originally...
Ancestry of “Celsius”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | Celsius | — |
Words derived from “Celsius”