Where does “deformeter” come from?
deformeter (English) comes from English meter, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
deformeter (English): An instrument for measuring deformations in a structure
Definitions
- An instrument for measuring deformations in a structure
Ancestry of “deformeter”, step by step
deformeter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English meter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
via English deform
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deform | To change the form of, usually negatively; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | deformen | to deform |
| 3 | Old French | deformer | — |
| 4 | Latin | deformare | present active infinitive of dēfōrmō;... |
| 5 | Latin | deformo | I form, fashion; I design, delineate, describe; I... |
| 6 | Latin | de- | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | de | The name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |