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Where does “calorimetry” come from?

Calorimetry comes from English -metry, English -y, Ancient Greek μέτρον meaning "measure," Ancient Greek -τρον, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, and Proto-Indo-European -kos.

calorimetry (English): The science of measuring the heat absorbed or...

Definitions

  1. The science of measuring the heat absorbed or...

Ancestry of “calorimetry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCalor—
2Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
3Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
4Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
5Proto-Indo-European-oss—
6Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “calorimetry”

  • microcalorimetry
  • biocalorimetry
  • nanocalorimetry
  • magnetocalorimetry
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