barometer etymology

English word barometer comes from Ancient Greek βάρος, English -meter (Used to form the names of measuring devices.)

Detailed word origin of barometer

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
βάρος Ancient Greek (grc)
-meter English (eng) Used to form the names of measuring devices.
barometer English (eng) An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.. Anything used as a gauge or indicator.

Words with the same origin as barometer

Descendants of βάρος
bar barbell barfish barfly barista barkeep barmaid barrister barroom bartender barwalking base crowbar disbarment handlebar isobar millibar minibar nutbar rebar sandbar servibar sidebar toolbar
Descendants of -meter
accelerometer altimeter arthrometer calorimeter calorimetry dioptometer dynamometer fluorometer geoboard geometry glucometer hodometer holometer inclinometer lucimeter pantometer photopolarimeter pulsimeter spectrometer symmetry tachometer tiltmeter trig trigonometry