Where does “aeromagnetometer” come from?

aeromagnetometer (English) comes from English magnetometer, from English meter, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

aeromagnetometer (English): A magnetometer carried on an aircraft in order to measure the Earth's magnetic field

Definitions

  1. A magnetometer carried on an aircraft in order to measure the Earth's magnetic field

Ancestry of “aeromagnetometer”, step by step

aeromagnetometer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English magnetometer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmagnetometerAn instrument used to measure the intensity and...
2EnglishmeterA device that measures things; A parking meter or...
3Frenchmètremetre/meter; first-person singular present...
4Latinmetruma measure
5Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
6Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
9Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

via English aero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaeroOf or pertaining to aviation; Aerodynamic; having...
2Englishaero-air or aircraft
3Ancient Greekἀέροςgenitive singular of ἀήρ; air
4Ancient Greekἀήρmist; air; wind
5Ancient Greekauhḗr
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr
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