Where does “stereometrics” come from?
stereometrics (English) comes from English stereo, from English stereotype, from French stéréotype, from French type, from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp- — to push, to hit.
stereometrics (English): The science of stereometry
Definitions
- The science of stereometry
Ancestry of “stereometrics”, step by step
stereometrics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stereo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stereo | A system of recording or reproducing sound that... |
| 2 | English | stereotype | A conventional, formulaic, and often... |
| 3 | French | stéréotype | A stereotype, as in conventional, formulaic, and... |
| 4 | French | type | type; sort, kind; guy, bloke, man; typeface |
| 5 | Latin | typus | figure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via English metrics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metrics | plural of metric; The study of metrical verse;... |