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Where does “ipermetria” come from?

ipermetria (Italian) comes from Italian -metria, from Latin -metria, from Ancient Greek -μετρία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

ipermetria (Italian): hypermetry

Definitions

  1. hypermetry

Ancestry of “ipermetria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-metria-metry
2Latin-metria-metry
3Ancient Greek-μετρίαmeasurement
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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