Where does “fieldmeter” come from?

fieldmeter (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...

fieldmeter (English): An instrument for measuring the magnetic field

Definitions

  1. An instrument for measuring the magnetic field

Ancestry of “fieldmeter”, step by step

fieldmeter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English meter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeterA device that measures things; A parking meter or...
2Frenchmètremetre/meter; first-person singular present...
3Latinmetruma measure
4Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
5Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
8Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

via English field

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfieldA land area free of woodland, cities, and towns;...
2Middle EnglishfeeldA field; The countryside; empty land that...
3Old Englishfeldfield
4Proto-West Germanicfelþufield
5Proto-Germanicfelþuzfield, plain
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₂-to approach
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗrEvery word from Ancient Greek -τρονEvery word from Ancient Greek μέτρον
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