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Where does “calorific” come from?

calorific (English) comes from French calorifique, from Latin calorificus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

calorific (English): Relating to calories; Relating to or producing...

Definitions

  1. Relating to calories; Relating to or producing...

Ancestry of “calorific”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcalorifique—
2LatincalorificusCausing or promoting warmth, warming or heating
3Latinfaciō—
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “calorific”

  • noncalorific
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