Where does “audiometric” come from?
audiometric (English) comes from English metric, from English chronometric, from English -metric, from French -métrique, from Latin metricus, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
audiometric (English): Of or pertaining to audiometry; Measured using an...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to audiometry; Measured using an...
Ancestry of “audiometric”, step by step
audiometric traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English metric
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metric | Of or relating to the metric system of... |
| 2 | English | chronometric | Of or pertaining to a chronometer or to... |
| 3 | English | -metric | Forming adjectives corresponding to nouns in... |
| 4 | French | -métrique | -metric |
| 5 | Latin | metricus | metrical; metric, metrical; metric |
| 6 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English Audio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Audio | Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight |
| 2 | English | audio- | sound |
| 3 | English | ‐o‐ | — |
| 4 | Latin | ‐o‐ | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ό- | — |
via French audiométrique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | audiométrique | audiometric |
| 2 | French | audio- | audio |
| 3 | Latin | audīre | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew-is-d- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |