Etymology

-therm

Today it means: used to name types of animal having a specified form of body temperature mechanism Full definition →

Ancient Greek θερμός
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromθερμός“warm”
  2. English today-therm

From Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “warm”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekθερμός all →

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