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Where does “spectrometric” come from?

spectrometric (English) comes from French spectrométrique, from French -métrique, from Latin metricus, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

spectrometric (English): Of or pertaining to spectrometry; Measured using...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to spectrometry; Measured using...

Ancestry of “spectrometric”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchspectrométriquespectrometric
2French-métrique-metric
3Latinmetricusmetrical; metric, metrical; metric
4Latinmetruma measure
5Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
6Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
9Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “spectrometric”

  • spectrometrically
  • photospectrometric
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