Where does “列氏温度” come from?

列氏温度 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 温度, from Chinese 温, from Middle Chinese 溫.

Ancestry of “列氏温度”, step by step

列氏温度 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 温度

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese温度temperature
2Chinese温—
3Middle Chinese溫—

via Japanese 列氏

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese列氏Réaumur
2Chinese列氏Réaumur
3EnglishRéaumurA temperature scale in which the boiling point of...
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