Etymology

thermoluminescent

thermo·lumin·es·cent

Today it means: Of, relating to, or showing thermoluminescence. Full definition →

English luminescent ← Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós) ← Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰermos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷʰermós
  4. Ancient Greekθερμός (thermós)
  5. Englishthermo-
  6. Englishluminescent
  7. English todaythermoluminescent

From thermo- + luminescent.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.