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Where does “microammeter” come from?

microammeter (English) comes from English ammeter, from English ampère, from French Ampère, from Occitan emperi, from Latin imperium, from Latin imperāre, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

microammeter (English): An ammeter that measures currents of the order of...

Definitions

  1. An ammeter that measures currents of the order of...

Ancestry of “microammeter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishammeterA device that measures the magnitude of an...
2EnglishampèreAlternative spelling of ampere
3FrenchAmpère—
4Occitanemperiempire
5LatinimperiumThe empire, state, imperial government, realm,...
6Latinimperāre—
7Latinparāre—
8Latinparō—
9Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
10Proto-Italicpektos—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
12Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
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