Where does “psychrometrics” come from?

psychrometrics (English) comes from English psychro-, from Ancient Greek ψυχρός, from Ancient Greek -ρός, from Proto-Indo-European -rós — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

psychrometrics (English): The measurement or study of the physical and thermodynamic properties of the atmosphere and its water vapour

Definitions

  1. The measurement or study of the physical and thermodynamic properties of the atmosphere and its water vapour

Ancestry of “psychrometrics”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpsychro-Cold
2Ancient Greekψυχρόςcold; cold-hearted, without feeling, lifeless;...
3Ancient Greek-ρόςable, tending to be X'ed (for a verb X); a suffix generally deriving adjectives from verbal stems
4Proto-Indo-European-rósForms adjectives from Caland system roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -rós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ρός →Every word from English psychro- →