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
- An instrument that floats in a liquid and...
Ancestry of “hydrometer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | meter | a metre; the SI-unit; Rhythm or measure in verse;... |
| 2 | English | meter | A device that measures things; A parking meter or... |
| 3 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |