Where does “warm” come from?

Warm derives from Middle English waren, Old English wearmian, Proto-Germanic warmjan, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European gʷʰer-, meaning to heat or grow warm.

warm (English): Having a temperature slightly higher than usual,...

Definitions

  1. Having a temperature slightly higher than usual,...

Ancestry of “warm”, step by step

warm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German warm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwarmwarm; mildly hot; warm; keeping the wearer warm;...
2Middle High Germanwarm—
3Old High Germanwarmwarm
4Proto-West Germanicwarmwarm
5Proto-Germanicwarmazwarm
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰer-warm, hot
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr—

via Middle English warm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwarmwarm, mildly hot; warm, pleasant, mild; heated,...
2Old Englishwearmwarm

Words derived from “warm”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr →
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