Where does “varmeta” come from?
varmeta (Ido) comes from Ido varma, from Esperanto varma, from English warm, from German warm, from Middle High German warm, from Old High German warm, from Proto-West Germanic warm, from Proto-Germanic warmaz.
varmeta (Ido): tepid, lukewarm
Ancestry of “varmeta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ido | varma | warm |
| 2 | Esperanto | varma | warm, hot |
| 3 | English | warm | Having a temperature slightly higher than usual,... |
| 4 | German | warm | warm; mildly hot; warm; keeping the wearer warm;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | warm | — |
| 6 | Old High German | warm | warm |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | warm | warm |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | warmaz | warm |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰer- | warm, hot |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr | — |