Etymology

cauma

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Today it means: Great heat, as of the body in fever. Full definition →

Latin cauma ← Ancient Greek καῦμα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκαῦμα“heat, especially of the sun”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromcauma“heat”
  3. English todaycauma

Borrowed from Latin cauma (“heat”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”). Probably a doublet of calm.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκαῦμα all →

calm

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