Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thermalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ther-mal-ism
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The therapeutic use of hot-water springs

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English thermal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English thermalism From thermal + -ism.

Usage

Questions

What does thermalism mean?
The therapeutic use of hot-water springs
Where does thermalism come from?
Etymology tree English thermal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English thermalism From thermal + -ism.

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