Where does “thermomètre” come from?

thermomètre (French) comes from French thermo-, from Ancient Greek θερμός, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

thermomètre (French): thermometer

Definitions

  1. thermometer

Ancestry of “thermomètre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchthermo-heat
2Ancient Greekθερμόςwarm, hot, boiling, glowing; hotheaded, hasty,...
3Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
4Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
5Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
7Proto-Indo-European-ess—
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “thermomètre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -os →Every word from Ancient Greek -ειδής →Every word from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα →