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Where does “nucleotermoelettrico” come from?

nucleotermoelettrico (Italian) comes from Italian termoelettrico, from Italian termo-, from Ancient Greek θερμός, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

nucleotermoelettrico (Italian): nuclear-thermoelectric

Definitions

  1. nuclear-thermoelectric

Ancestry of “nucleotermoelettrico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantermoelettricothermoelectric
2Italiantermo-thermo-
3Ancient Greekθερμόςwarm, hot, boiling, glowing; hotheaded, hasty,...
4Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
5Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
6Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
8Proto-Indo-European-ess—
9Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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