Etymology

warmth

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Today it means: A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm. Full definition →

Middle English warmth ← Old English *wiermþu ← Proto-West Germanic *warmiþu
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*warmiþu“warmness; warmth”
  2. Old English · inherited from*wiermþu“warmth”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromwarmth
  4. English todaywarmth

From Middle English warmth, warmeth, wermþe, from Old English *wiermþu (“warmth”), from Proto-West Germanic *warmiþu (“warmness; warmth”), corresponding to warm + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Waarmte (“warmth”), West Frisian waarmte (“warmth”), Dutch warmte (“warmth”), German Low German Warmte, Warmt (“warmth”).

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