Etymology

caloric

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Today it means: Relating to calories. Full definition →

French calorique
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  1. French · derived fromcalorique
  2. English todaycaloric

From calorie + -ic. From French calorique, coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor (“heat”).

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