Where does “teslameter” come from?
teslameter (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...
teslameter (English): An instrument for measuring the strength of a...
Definitions
- An instrument for measuring the strength of a...
Ancestry of “teslameter”, step by step
teslameter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English meter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meter | A device that measures things; A parking meter or... |
| 2 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English Tesla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Tesla | A car manufactured by Tesla, Inc., a battery electric vehicle (BEV) automaker founded in 2003 |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | Tesla | adze |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | tesľa | adze |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱ-dʰlo- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱ- | to create, produce; to cut, hew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |