Where does “ammeter” come from?
Ammeter comes from English ampere and Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, "measure"), derived from the Proto-Indo-European root -tḗr meaning "one who measures."
ammeter (English): A device that measures the magnitude of an...
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- A device that measures the magnitude of an...
Ancestry of “ammeter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ampère | Alternative spelling of 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... |