myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of riflettometro

Etymology of the Italian word riflettometro

the Italian word riflettometro

derived from the Italian word riflettere

derived from the Latin word reflectere (bend back; turn back; turn round)

using the Latin prefix re-

derived from the Latin word flectere (bend, curve, bow)

using the Italian suffix -metro

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-