Etymology

warm

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Today it means: Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable. Full definition →

Middle English warm ← Old English wearm ← Proto-West Germanic *warm
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warm · adjective1

  1. Proto-Germanic*warmaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*warm
  3. Old Englishwearm
  4. Middle Englishwarm
  5. English todaywarm

From Middle English warm, werm, from Old English wearm, from Proto-West Germanic *warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, from one of: * Proto-Indo-European *wór-mo-s, from *wer- (“to burn”), which is related to Hittite 𒉿𒊏𒀀𒉌 (warāni, “to burn”), Armenian վառել (vaṙel, “to burn, heat, warm”), Old Church Slavonic варити (variti, “to cook, boil”). * Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mo-s, from the root *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”), in which case cognate with Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós) (making perhaps a distant doublet of thermos), Latin formus, Sanskrit घर्म (gharmá). In any case cognate within Germanic to West Frisian waarm, Saterland Frisian woorm, Dutch warm, German warm, Swedish varm, Icelandic varmur.

warm · verb, noun2

  1. Proto-Germanic*warmaz
  2. Proto-Germanic*warmijaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*warmijan
  4. Old Englishwierman
  5. Proto-West Germanic*warmōn
  6. Old Englishwearmian
  7. Middle Englishwarmen
  8. English todaywarm

From Middle English warmen, wermen, wyrmen, from Old English wierman (“to make warm”) and wearmian (“to become warm”), from Proto-West Germanic *warmijan and *warmōn. Cognate with Dutch warmen, German wärmen, Swedish värma.

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