Where does “calorie” come from?
Calorie comes from French calorie, from Latin calor meaning heat, from the Proto-Italic verb kalēō, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root ḱelh₁- meaning to warm or heat.
calorie (English): Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of...
Definitions
- Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of...
Ancestry of “calorie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | calorie | calorie |
| 2 | French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 3 | Middle French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 4 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |