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Where does “-trum” come from?

-trum (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

-trum (Latin): forming instrument nouns

Definitions

  1. forming instrument nouns

Ancestry of “-trum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-trom—
2Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
3Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “-trum”

  • spectrum
  • spectroscopy
  • spectrometry
  • spectre
  • spectrometer
  • specter
  • raster
  • rostrum
  • claustrophobic
  • spectroscope
  • claustrophobia
  • spectrophotometer
  • spectrograph
  • spectrogram
  • spectrophotometry
  • spectrophotometric
  • rostra
  • rasterization
  • spectrophotometrically
  • microspectroscopy
  • rasterize
  • rostellum
  • spectroscopist
  • rostrate
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