Where does “anemometer” come from?
Anemometer comes from English -meter, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (meaning measure), from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁mos (wind), combined with Proto-Indo-European -trom and -tḗr (agent suffixes).
anemometer (English): An instrument for measuring and recording the...
Definitions
- An instrument for measuring and recording the...
Ancestry of “anemometer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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... |