English
thermodetection
From thermo- + detection.
Formed from thermo- + detection
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘to be warm’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos
Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós
Ancient Greek θερμός ‘warm, hot’
English thermo-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- ‘to cover with a roof’
Proto-Italic *tegō ‘to cover’
Latin tegō ‘to cover, to hide’
Latin dētegō ‘to uncover, to discover, to detect’
Latin detectio ‘discovery, the act or process of learning…’
English detection
Today it means
noun The detection of heat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / thermodetection