Where does “amperemeter” come from?
amperemeter (English) comes from Dutch ampèremeter, from Dutch ampère, from French Ampère, from Occitan emperi, from Latin imperium, from Latin imperāre, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
amperemeter (English): ammeter
Definitions
- ammeter
Ancestry of “amperemeter”, step by step
amperemeter traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch ampèremeter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ampèremeter | ammeter |
| 2 | Dutch | ampère | ampere |
| 3 | French | Ampère | known for |
| 4 | Occitan | emperi | empire |
| 5 | Latin | imperium | The empire, state, imperial government, realm,... |
| 6 | Latin | imperāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 9 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 12 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |
via English meter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meter | A device that measures things; A parking meter or... |
| 2 | Old French | metre | to put, to place |
| 3 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
via English ampère
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ampère | Alternative spelling of ampere |