Etymology

calorifere

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Today it means: An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes. Full definition →

French calorifère ← Latin calor
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcalor“heat”
  2. French · borrowed fromcalorifère
  3. English todaycalorifere

From French calorifère, from Latin calor (“heat”) + ferre (“to bear”).

Words from the same roots

Latincalor all →

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