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Where does “profilometry” come from?

profilometry (English) comes from English profile, from French profil, from Italian profilo, from Italian profilare, from Italian filare, from Italian filo, from Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον — he, she.

profilometry (English): The use of a technique in the measurement and...

Definitions

  1. The use of a technique in the measurement and...

Ancestry of “profilometry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprofileThe outermost shape, view, or edge of an object;...
2Frenchprofilprofile
3Italianprofiloprofile; first-person singular present indicative...
4Italianprofilareto outline; to edge; to shape
5Italianfilareto spin; to draw; to pay out
6Italianfilothread; yarn; string
7Latinphylumphylum
8Ancient Greekφῦλονa set of people or other beings; sex; nation,...
9Ancient GreekφύωTo bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;...
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuHyétito be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
13Chichewaiyehe, she
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