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Where does “συμμετρία” come from?

συμμετρία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek σύμμετρος, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.

συμμετρία (Ancient Greek): commensurability; symmetry, due proportion; a...

Definitions

  1. commensurability; symmetry, due proportion; a...

Ancestry of “συμμετρία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσύμμετροςsymmetrical
2Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
3Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
4Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument

Words derived from “συμμετρία”

  • symmetry
  • symmetric
  • asymmetric
  • asymmetry
  • asymmetrically
  • antisymmetric
  • supersymmetry
  • supersymmetric
  • dissymmetry
  • nonsymmetric
  • unsymmetric
  • centrosymmetric
  • antisymmetry
  • noncentrosymmetric
  • dissymmetric
  • monosymmetric
  • centrosymmetry
  • bisymmetric
  • pseudosymmetry
  • symmetricity
  • unsymmetry
  • pseudosymmetric
  • nonsupersymmetric
  • bisymmetry
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