Where does “színhőmérséklet” come from?

színhőmérséklet (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian hőmérséklet, from Hungarian mérséklet, from Hungarian mérsékel, from Hungarian mér, from Hungarian -s — Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning...

színhőmérséklet (Hungarian): color temperature temperature of a black body radiator that radiates light of a color comparable to that of the light source

Definitions

  1. color temperature temperature of a black body radiator that radiates light of a color comparable to that of the light source

Ancestry of “színhőmérséklet”, step by step

színhőmérséklet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian hőmérséklet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhőmérséklettemperature
2Hungarianmérsékletmoderation, restraint
3Hungarianmérsékelto moderate; to tone down; to reduce
4Hungarianmérto measure, gauge, weigh, clock, time; to strike...
5Hungarian-sAdded to a noun to form an adjective meaning...

via Hungarian szín

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszíncolor; complexion; light
2Slovaksieňhall
3Proto-Slavicsěnьshadow
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
Every word from Hungarian -sEvery word from Hungarian mérEvery word from Hungarian mérsékel