Where does “킬로칼로리” come from?

킬로칼로리 (Korean) comes from English kilocalorie, from English calorie, from French calorie, from French -ie, from Middle French -ie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

킬로칼로리 (Korean): kilocalorie

Definitions

  1. kilocalorie

Ancestry of “킬로칼로리”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishkilocaloriea non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories,...
2EnglishcalorieKilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of...
3Frenchcaloriecalorie
4French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
5Middle French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
6Old French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
7Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iaEvery word from Latin -ius