Where does “elektrometro” come from?
elektrometro (Ido) comes from Italian elettrometro, from Italian metro, from French métro, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις — fortification, city.
elektrometro (Ido): electrometer
Definitions
- electrometer
Ancestry of “elektrometro”, step by step
elektrometro traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian elettrometro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | elettrometro | electrometer |
| 2 | Italian | metro | metre, meter; ruler, ruler, measure; yardstick,... |
| 3 | French | métro | metro; subway US, underground UK, Tube UK |
| 4 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 5 | Latin | mētropolītānus | metropolitan |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |
via English electrometer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | electrometer | A device used to detect and measure static... |
| 2 | English | meter | A device that measures things; A parking meter or... |
| 3 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via French électromètre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | électromètre | electrometer |
| 2 | French | -mètre | -meter |