Where does “granulometria” come from?
granulometria (Italian) comes from Italian granulo, from Late Latin granulum, from Latin grānum, from Proto-Italic grānom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.
granulometria (Italian): granulometry
Definitions
- granulometry
Ancestry of “granulometria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | granulo | granule; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Late Latin | granulum | granule |
| 3 | Latin | grānum | grain, seed, small kernel |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | grānom | grain |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nóm | grain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nós | matured, grown old |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |