Where does “abrasiometer” come from?
abrasiometer (English) comes from English abrasion, from French abrasion, from Medieval Latin abrasio, from Latin abrādō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abrasiometer (English): A device which measures the resistance of...
Definitions
- A device which measures the resistance of...
Ancestry of “abrasiometer”, step by step
abrasiometer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English abrasion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | abrasion | The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the... |
| 2 | French | abrasion | abrasion |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | abrasio | a scraping; The act of scratching, scraping or... |
| 4 | Latin | abrādō | to scratch, rub, scrape off or away, abrade |
| 5 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 6 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |
via English meter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meter | A device that measures things; A parking meter or... |
| 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... |