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Where does “hydrometer” come from?

Hydrometer comes from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (water) and μέτρον (measure), tracing back through Proto-Indo-European wódr̥ (water) and wed- (wet) to the root wey- (to flow).

hydrometer (English): An instrument that floats in a liquid and...

Definitions

  1. An instrument that floats in a liquid and...

Ancestry of “hydrometer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmetera metre; the SI-unit; Rhythm or measure in verse;...
2EnglishmeterA device that measures things; A parking meter or...
3Frenchmètremetre/meter; first-person singular present...
4Latinmetruma measure
5Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
6Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
9Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “hydrometer”

  • thermohydrometer
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