Where does “Wärmekapazität” come from?
Wärmekapazität (German) comes from German Wärme, from Middle High German werme, from Old High German warmī, from Old High German warm, from Proto-West Germanic warm, from Proto-Germanic warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰer-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr.
Wärmekapazität (German): heat capacity
Definitions
- heat capacity
Ancestry of “Wärmekapazität”, step by step
Wärmekapazität traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Wärme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wärme | warmth; heat |
| 2 | Middle High German | werme | — |
| 3 | Old High German | warmī | warmth |
| 4 | Old High German | warm | warm |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | warm | warm |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | warmaz | warm |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰer- | warm, hot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr | — |
via German Kapazität
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kapazität | capacity |
| 2 | Latin | capācitās | capability; capacity |
| 3 | Latin | capāx | That can contain or hold much; wide, large, spacious, capacious, roomy |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |