Where does “fadometer” come from?
fadometer (English) comes from English fade, from Middle English fade, from Middle Dutch vade, from Old French fade, from Vulgar Latin fatidus, from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus, from Latin for — to speak, to be talking.
fadometer (English): A device that irradiates materials in order to test the degree to which they fade from exposure to sunlight
Definitions
- A device that irradiates materials in order to test the degree to which they fade from exposure to sunlight
Ancestry of “fadometer”, step by step
fadometer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fade | Weak; insipid; tasteless |
| 2 | Middle English | fade | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | vade | weak, faint, limp |
| 4 | Old French | fade | weak, witless |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | fatidus | — |
| 6 | Latin | fatuus | foolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,... |
| 7 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 8 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |
via English ometer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ometer | A measuring instrument |
| 2 | English | -ometer | Alternative form of -meter |
| 3 | English | -meter | Used to form the names of measuring devices |
| 4 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |