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Where does “microspectrophotometric” come from?

microspectrophotometric (English) comes from English spectrophotometric, from English photometric, from English metric, from English chronometric, from English -metric, from French -métrique, from Latin metricus, from Latin metrum — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

microspectrophotometric (English): Relating to microspectrophotometry

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  1. Relating to microspectrophotometry

Ancestry of “microspectrophotometric”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspectrophotometricOf, or relating to spectrophotometry, or measured...
2EnglishphotometricOf or relating to photometry or to photometers;...
3EnglishmetricOf or relating to the metric system of...
4EnglishchronometricOf or pertaining to a chronometer or to...
5English-metricForming adjectives corresponding to nouns in...
6French-métrique-metric
7Latinmetricusmetrical; metric, metrical; metric
8Latinmetruma measure
9Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
10Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
11Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
12Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
13Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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