Where does “burette” come from?
Burette comes from French burette, a diminutive form denoting a small cylindrical vessel used in laboratories for dispensing liquids.
burette (English): A glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock...
Definitions
- A glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock...
Ancestry of “burette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | burette | oilcan; burette; cruet used to keep wine and... |
| 2 | French | -ette | female equivalent of -et |
| 3 | Latin | -itta | — |
| 4 | Hungarian | iszik | to drink |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | jëxe- | to drink; to flow? |
Words derived from “burette”