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Where does “warmth” come from?

Warmth derives from Middle English warmth, Old English wiermþu, Proto-West Germanic warmiþu, built from Proto-West Germanic warm and the Proto-Germanic suffix -iþō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʰwer- meaning to warm or heat.

warmth (English): A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being...

Definitions

  1. A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being...

Ancestry of “warmth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwarmth—
2Old Englishwiermþuwarmth
3Proto-West Germanicwarmiþuwarmth
4Proto-West Germanicwarmwarm
5Proto-Germanicwarmazwarm
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰer-warm, hot
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr—

Words derived from “warmth”

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