Where does “caloric” come from?
Caloric derives from French calorique, from Latin calor meaning heat, from the Proto-Italic root kalēō and Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- meaning to warm or burn.
caloric (English): Relating to calories; Containing calories;...
Definitions
- Relating to calories; Containing calories;...
Ancestry of “caloric”, step by step
caloric traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French calorique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | calorique | caloric; heat; heat-emitting |
| 2 | French | calorie | calorie |
| 3 | French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 4 | Middle French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 5 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English calorie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | calorie | Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of... |