English
Thermageddon
Coined by Greenpeace co-founder Robert Hunter in his 2003 book, Thermageddon: Countdown to 2030, from thermal + -geddon (after Armageddon (“the end of the world”)).
Formed from thermal + -geddon
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘to heat, warm’
Ancient Greek θέρμη ‘heat’
New Latin *thermalis
French thermal
English thermal
The story
Coined by Greenpeace co-founder Robert Hunter in his 2003 book, Thermageddon: Countdown to 2030, from thermal + -geddon (after Armageddon (‘the end of the world’)).
Today it means
name A proposed apocalypse caused by the rising temperatures of climate change.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Thermageddon