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Where does “fotometrico” come from?

fotometrico (Italian) comes from Italian metrico, from Latin metricus, 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...

fotometrico (Italian): photometric

Definitions

  1. photometric

Ancestry of “fotometrico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmetricometric
2Latinmetricusmetrical; metric, metrical; metric
3Latinmetruma measure
4Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
5Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
8Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “fotometrico”

  • spettrofotometrico
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