Where does “electrocaloric” come from?
electrocaloric (English) comes from English caloric, from French calorique, from French calorie, from French -ie, from Middle French -ie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
electrocaloric (English): Describing the effect of an applied electric...
Definitions
- Describing the effect of an applied electric...
Ancestry of “electrocaloric”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | caloric | Relating to calories; Containing calories;... |
| 2 | French | calorique | caloric; heat; heat-emitting |
| 3 | French | calorie | calorie |
| 4 | French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 5 | Middle French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 6 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 7 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “electrocaloric”