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Where does “fahrenheitaste” come from?

fahrenheitaste (Finnish) comes from Finnish aste, from Finnish astua, from Proto-Finnic astudak — to step, to take steps.

fahrenheitaste (Finnish): degree Fahrenheit

Definitions

  1. degree Fahrenheit

Ancestry of “fahrenheitaste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishastegrade; degree; degree, degree Celsius
2Finnishastuato step , tread , pace, stride; to enter; to...
3Proto-Finnicastudakto step, to take steps
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