Where does “ampèremeter” come from?
ampèremeter (Dutch) comes from Dutch ampère, from French Ampère, from Occitan emperi, from Latin imperium, from Latin imperāre, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
ampèremeter (Dutch): ammeter
Definitions
- ammeter
Ancestry of “ampèremeter”, step by step
ampèremeter traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch ampère
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ampère | ampere |
| 2 | French | Ampère | known for |
| 3 | Occitan | emperi | empire |
| 4 | Latin | imperium | The empire, state, imperial government, realm,... |
| 5 | Latin | imperāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 8 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 11 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |
via Dutch meter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | meter | measurer; meter; meter, metre |
| 2 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via French ampèremètre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ampèremètre | ammeter |
| 2 | French | -mètre | -meter |