Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOf a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable. · Friendly and with affection. · Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green. · Close to a goal or correct answer.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *warmaz Proto-West Germanic *warm Old English wearm Middle English warm English warm 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.
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- Root classification mention*gʷʰer-ine-pro
- Root classification mention*wer-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionwarmenm
- Inherited-form mentionwearmang
- Inherited-form mention*warmgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*warmazgem-pro
- Cognate mention𒉿𒊏𒀀𒉌hit · to burn
- Cognate mentionվառելhy
- Cognate mentionваритиcu
- Cognate mentionθερμόςgrc
- Cognate mentionformusla
- Cognate mentionघर्मsa
- Cognate mentionwaarmfy
- Cognate mentionwoormstq
- Cognate mentionwarmnl
- Cognate mentionwarmde
- Cognate mentionvarmsv
- Cognate mentionvarmuris
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"Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.",
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