Where does “calorie-ful” come from?
calorie-ful (English) comes from English calorie, from French calorie, from French -ie, from Middle French -ie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
calorie-ful (English): Full of calories
Definitions
- Full of calories
Ancestry of “calorie-ful”, step by step
calorie-ful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English calorie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | calorie | Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of... |
| 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 ful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ful | — |