Where does “methanometer” come from?

methanometer (English) comes from English ometer, from English -ometer, from English -meter, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

methanometer (English): An instrument, resembling a eudiometer, used to...

Definitions

  1. An instrument, resembling a eudiometer, used to...

Ancestry of “methanometer”, step by step

methanometer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ometer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishometerA measuring instrument
2English-ometerAlternative form of -meter
3English-meterUsed to form the names of measuring devices
4Frenchmètremetre/meter; first-person singular present...
5Latinmetruma measure
6Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
7Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
8Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
10Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

via English methane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmethaneThe simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a...
2EnglishmethylThe univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH-, formally...
3GermanMethylmethyl
4Ancient Greekμέθυwine
5Proto-Hellenicmétʰuintoxicating drink; mead
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr