Where does “suprathermal” come from?

suprathermal (English) comes from English thermal, from French thermal, from New Latin thermalis, from Ancient Greek Θέρμη, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰer-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr.

suprathermal (English): Having an energy greater than that associated...

Definitions

  1. Having an energy greater than that associated...

Ancestry of “suprathermal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthermalA column of rising air in the lower atmosphere...
2Frenchthermalthermal
3New Latinthermalis
4Ancient GreekΘέρμηTherma, Macedonia, Greece
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰer-warm, hot
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr
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