Where does “metricist” come from?
metricist (English) comes from English metric, from English chronometric, from English -metric, from French -métrique, from Latin metricus, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
metricist (English): One who studies poetic meter
Definitions
- One who studies poetic meter
Ancestry of “metricist”, step by step
metricist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English metric
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metric | Of or relating to the metric system of... |
| 2 | English | chronometric | Of or pertaining to a chronometer or to... |
| 3 | English | -metric | Forming adjectives corresponding to nouns in... |
| 4 | French | -métrique | -metric |
| 5 | Latin | metricus | metrical; metric, metrical; metric |
| 6 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |