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Etymology of the English suffix -meter
the English suffix
-meter
derived from the Greek word
metron
, μέτρον (measure; a measure ('metre'), literally or figuratively; by implication, a limited portion (degree))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*me-
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mē-
Derivations in English
ammeter
,
ceilometer
,
stadio-
,
tensimeter
,
lysimeter
,
acetometer
,
actinometer
,
albedometer
,
algesimeter
,
algometer
,
alkalimeter
,
altimeter
,
anemometer
,
anesthesimeter
,
anthropometer
,
atmometer
,
audiometer
,
barometer
,
bathometer
,
biometer
,
calorimeter
,
cephalometer
,
chronometer
,
clinometer
,
coulometer
,
craniometer
,
cryometer
,
cyclometer
,
cystometer
,
dasymeter
,
decremeter
,
dynamometer
,
ergometer
,
explosimeter
,
flowmeter
,
fluorometer
,
fluxmeter
,
galactometer
,
galvanometer
,
gaussmeter
,
glossmeter
,
goniometer
,
hazemeter
,
heliometer
,
hygrometer
,
hypermeter
,
hypsometer
,
keratometer
,
lactometer
,
machmeter
,
magnetometer
,
megohmmeter
,
micrometer
,
milliammeter
,
multimeter
,
nephometer
,
nitrometer
,
ohmmeter
,
ophthalmometer
,
optometer
,
orometer
,
osmometer
,
permeameter
,
phonometer
,
planimeter
,
pneumatometer
,
psychrometer
,
pycnometer
,
pyrometer
,
radiometer
,
rheometer
,
roentgenometer
,
saccharometer
,
sclerometer
,
seismometer
,
sonometer
,
spectrometer
,
spirometer
,
stadimeter
,
stethometer
,
tachometer
,
tachymeter
,
telemeter
,
tensiometer
,
thermometer
,
tiltmeter
,
tonometer
,
urinometer
,
velocimeter
,
vinometer
,
voltmeter
,
volumeter
,
wattmeter
,
wavemeter
,
yawmeter
,
zymometer
,
planometer
,
absorptiometer
,
accelerometer
,
acidimeter
,
acoustimeter
,
apertometer
,
astigmometer
,
colorimeter
,
decelerometer
,
densitometer
,
diaphanometer
,
dilatometer
,
dolorimeter
,
drunkometer
,
ellipsometer
,
erythrocytometer
,
esthesiometer
,
evaporimeter
,
extensometer
,
focometer
,
illuminometer
,
inclinometer
,
infiltrometer
,
intensitometer
,
interferometer
,
intervalometer
,
oscillometer
,
oximeter
,
plastometer
,
pulsimeter
,
pulsometer
,
reflectometer
,
refractometer
,
respirometer
,
saccharimeter
,
salimeter
,
salinometer
,
sensitometer
,
speedometer
,
tintometer
,
turbidimeter
,
vaporimeter
,
dioptometer
,
hemocytometer
,
pyrheliometer
,
dosimeter
,
olfactometer
,
osmometry
,
potentiometer
,
sensitometry
,
coulombmeter
,
eriometer
,
optimeter
,
scatterometer
,
tenderometer
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