Etymology of the English word refractometer
the English word
refractometerderived from the English word
refractderived from the Latin word
refractusderived from the Latin word
refringere (break open)
derived from the Latin word
re (back)
derived from the Late Latin word
frangere (break, shatter, crush)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhreg-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
