Etymology

calorics

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Today it means: The study of heat flow and heat transfer. Full definition →

Latin calor
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcalor“<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">heat</i>”
  2. English todaycalorics

From calorie + -ics. From Latin calor (“heat”).

Words from the same roots

Latincalor all →

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