Where does “oxycaloric” come from?
oxycaloric (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.
oxycaloric (English): Relating to the heat produced for each unit of oxygen consumed
Definitions
- Relating to the heat produced for each unit of oxygen consumed
Ancestry of “oxycaloric”, step by step
oxycaloric 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 |
via English Oxy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Oxy | Occidental College |
| 2 | English | oxygen | The chemical element with an atomic number of 8... |
| 3 | French | oxygène | oxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γένος | offspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | génos | family; race |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |