Where does “eucaloric” come from?
eucaloric (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.
eucaloric (English): in which the number of calories consumed (as food) is approximately the same as the number expended
Definitions
- in which the number of calories consumed (as food) is approximately the same as the number expended
Ancestry of “eucaloric”, step by step
eucaloric traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English caloric
| 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 |