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Where does “microcolorimeter” come from?

microcolorimeter (English) comes from English colorimeter, from English color, from French couleur, from Italian colore, from Polish kolor, from Latin color, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

microcolorimeter (English): A colorimeter that can analyse very small samples

Definitions

  1. A colorimeter that can analyse very small samples

Ancestry of “microcolorimeter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcolorimeterAny of various instruments designed to determine...
2EnglishcolorThe spectral composition of visible light; A...
3Frenchcouleurcolor, colour; a flush; suit
4Italiancolorecolor, colour; hue; pip
5Polishkolorcolour; suit; flush
6Latincolorcolour, shade; color; pigment; complexion
7Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
8Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
9Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
10Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
11Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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