English
endothermic
Endothermic comes from French endothermique.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentendothermique
- Englishearliest quotation 2014endothermic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentendothermique
- Englishearliest quotation 2014endothermic
Earliest quotation: 2014, William J. Brock, Barbara Mounho: “These can be differentiated on a thermal scan where…”
Equivalent to endo- + -thermic
Every English word from French endothermique
Today it means
adj Of a chemical reaction that absorbs heat energy from its surroundings.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French endothermique / endothermic