Etymology of the English word decremeter
the English word
decremeterderived from the English word
decrementderived from the Late Latin word
decrementum (shrinkage; diminution; decrease)
derived from the Latin word
decrescere (decrease; abate; diminish; lose vigor, intensity, decline)
derived from the Latin word
crescere (to grow; come forth, to be; arise; thrive, increase)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ker-using the Late Latin prefix
de-derived from the Latin word
de (away; down)
using the English suffix
-meterderived 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-Usage
Word found in Modern English
