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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

  1. A device which measures the resistance of...

Ancestry of “abrasiometer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabrasionThe act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the...
2Frenchabrasionabrasion
3Medieval Latinabrasioa scraping; The act of scratching, scraping or...
4Latinabrādō—
5Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
6Latināb—
7Proto-Germanic*ab—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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