Where does “ഫാരൻഹീറ്റ്” come from?
ഫാരൻഹീറ്റ് (Malayalam) comes from English fahrenheit, from German Fahrenheit, from German fahren, from Middle High German varn, from Old High German faran, from Proto-Germanic faran, from Proto-Germanic faraną, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
ഫാരൻഹീറ്റ് (Malayalam): Fahrenheit
Definitions
- Fahrenheit
Ancestry of “ഫാരൻഹീറ്റ്”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fahrenheit | Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0°F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96°F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32°F equal to 0°C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin |
| 2 | German | Fahrenheit | Fahrenheit |
| 3 | German | fahren | to locomote forth in an accelerated speed; to go;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | varn | to fare, to go |
| 5 | Old High German | faran | to proceed |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | faran | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | faraną | to go, to travel |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |