Etymology of the English word spirometer
the English word
spirometerderived from the English word
spiro-derived from the Medieval Latin word
spirare (breathe; blow; live)
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
