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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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