Where does “pulsimeter” come from?

pulsimeter (English) comes from English meter, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

pulsimeter (English): A sphygmograph

Definitions

  1. A sphygmograph

Ancestry of “pulsimeter”, step by step

pulsimeter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English meter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeterA device that measures things; A parking meter or...
2Frenchmètremetre/meter; first-person singular present...
3Latinmetruma measure
4Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
5Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
8Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

via English pulse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpulseA normally regular beat felt when arteries are...
2Middle Englishpulse
3Latinpulsuspulse, impulse, beat, stroke; expelled, kicked...
4Latinpellōto push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out
5Proto-Italicpelnōapproach, go to; bring close
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₂-to approach
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “pulsimeter

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr