Etymograph

English

gravothermal

From gravo- + thermal.

Formed from gravo- + thermal

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘to heat, warm’

Ancient Greek θέρμη ‘heat’

New Latin *thermalis

French thermal

English thermal

Today it means

adj describing the heating effect of the gravitational collapse of a star

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

Etymograph / gravothermal