Where does “aphotometric” come from?
aphotometric (English) comes from English photometric, from English metric, from English chronometric, from English -metric, from French -métrique, from Latin metricus, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
aphotometric (English): Not adjusting position with respect to light
Definitions
- Not adjusting position with respect to light
Ancestry of “aphotometric”, step by step
aphotometric traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English photometric
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | photometric | Of or relating to photometry or to photometers;... |
| 2 | English | metric | Of or relating to the metric system of... |
| 3 | English | chronometric | Of or pertaining to a chronometer or to... |
| 4 | English | -metric | Forming adjectives corresponding to nouns in... |
| 5 | French | -métrique | -metric |
| 6 | Latin | metricus | metrical; metric, metrical; metric |
| 7 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English A
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | A | The ordinal number first, derived from this... |
| 2 | English | AND | Alternative form of ∧, the conjunction operator;... |
| 3 | Middle English | and | and, and then; however, yet, but, though. while;... |
| 4 | Old English | and | and; even; also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |