Etymology

thermoactivity

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Today it means: The activity, typically of an enzyme, at elevated temperature Full definition →

English activity ← Middle French activité ← Latin āctīvitās
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰermos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷʰermós
  4. Ancient Greekθερμός (thermós)
  5. Englishthermo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  8. Proto-Italic*agō
  9. Latinagō
  10. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  11. Latināctīvus
  12. Latināctīvitās
  13. Middle Frenchactivité
  14. Englishactivity
  15. English todaythermoactivity

From thermo- + activity.

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