Where does “ġeometrikament” come from?
ġeometrikament (Maltese) comes from Italian geometricamente, from Italian geometrico, from Italian metrico, from Latin metricus, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
ġeometrikament (Maltese): geometrically
Definitions
- geometrically
Ancestry of “ġeometrikament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | geometricamente | geometrically |
| 2 | Italian | geometrico | geometrical, geometric |
| 3 | Italian | metrico | metric |
| 4 | Latin | metricus | metrical; metric, metrical; metric |
| 5 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |