English

eucaloric

From eu- + caloric.

Formed from eu- + caloric

Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- ‘good’

Proto-Hellenic *ehu- ‘good’

Ancient Greek ἐΰς ‘good, brave, noble’

Ancient Greek εὖ ‘well, good’

English eu-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- ‘to be hot’

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Proto-Italic *kalēō

Latin caleō ‘to be warm, hot’

Latin calor ‘heat’

French calorique

Today it means

adj in which the number of calories consumed (as food) is approximately the same as the number expended.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / eucaloric