Etymology

thermoelectric

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting thermoelectricity Full definition →

English electric ← New Latin ēlectricus ← Latin ēlectrum
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰermos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷʰermós
  4. Ancient Greekθερμός (thermós)
  5. Englishthermo-
  6. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  7. Latinēlectrum
  8. New Latinēlectricus
  9. Englishelectric
  10. English todaythermoelectric

From thermo- + electric.

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