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Where does “optometrista” come from?

optometrista (Italian) comes from Italian optometria, 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...

optometrista (Italian): optometrist

Definitions

  1. optometrist

Ancestry of “optometrista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianoptometriaoptometry
2Italian-metria-metry
3Latin-metria-metry
4Ancient Greek-μετρίαmeasurement
5Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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