Where does “udometer” come from?
udometer (English) comes from Latin ūdus, from Latin uvidus, from Latin uveo, from Proto-Indo-European wegʷ- — wet, moist.
udometer (English): A rain gauge
Ancestry of “udometer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | ūdus | — |
| 2 | Latin | uvidus | moist, wet, damp, humid, dank; drunken; vapid |
| 3 | Latin | uveo | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wegʷ- | wet, moist |