Where does “microspectrophotometrically” come from?
microspectrophotometrically (English) comes from English spectrophotometrically, from English spectrophotometric, from English photometric, from English metric, from English chronometric, from English -metric, from French -métrique, from Latin metricus — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
microspectrophotometrically (English): By means of a microspectrophotometer
Definitions
- By means of a microspectrophotometer
Ancestry of “microspectrophotometrically”, step by step
microspectrophotometrically traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English spectrophotometrically
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spectrophotometrically | By using spectrophotometry |
| 2 | English | spectrophotometric | Of, or relating to spectrophotometry, or measured... |
| 3 | English | photometric | Of or relating to photometry or to photometers;... |
| 4 | English | metric | Of or relating to the metric system of... |
| 5 | English | chronometric | Of or pertaining to a chronometer or to... |
| 6 | English | -metric | Forming adjectives corresponding to nouns in... |
| 7 | French | -métrique | -metric |
| 8 | Latin | metricus | metrical; metric, metrical; metric |
| 9 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |