Where does “Zimmertemperatur” come from?
Zimmertemperatur (German) comes from German Zimmer, from Middle High German zimber, from Old High German zimbar, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.
Zimmertemperatur (German): room temperature
Definitions
- room temperature
Ancestry of “Zimmertemperatur”, step by step
Zimmertemperatur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zimmer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zimmer | room |
| 2 | Middle High German | zimber | — |
| 3 | Old High German | zimbar | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *timr | (act of) building |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | timrą | building; timber |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
via German Temperatur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Temperatur | temperature |
| 2 | Latin | temperatura | due or proper measure, proportion, composition or... |
| 3 | Latin | temperō | to divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate |
| 4 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |