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Where does “exotérmico” come from?

exotérmico (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese térmico, 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, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

exotérmico (Portuguese): exothermic

Definitions

  1. exothermic

Ancestry of “exotérmico”, step by step

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

Words derived from “exotérmico”

  • exotermicamente
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