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Where does “Thermidor” come from?

Thermidor comes from French thermidor, derived from Ancient Greek θέρμη, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰer-, ultimately traced to Sumerian 𒋻𒄷.

Thermidor (English): A counterrevolution; a coup d'état resembling the...

Definitions

  1. A counterrevolution; a coup d'état resembling the...

Ancestry of “Thermidor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchthermidorThermidor
2Ancient Greekθερμόςwarm, hot, boiling, glowing; hotheaded, hasty,...
3Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
4Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
5Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
7Proto-Indo-European-ess—
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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