biometric etymology

English word biometric comes from English bio- (Life. Organic life.), English -metric

Detailed word origin of biometric

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
bio- English (eng) Life. Organic life.
-metric English (eng) Forming adjectives corresponding to nouns in -meter.. Of or relating to measurement.
biometric English (eng) Of, pertaining to or using biometrics.

Words with the same origin as biometric

Descendants of bio-
biochemical biochemistry biodegradable biodestructible biodiesel biodilution biodiversity bioelectric biofeedback biofriendly biofuel biogenic biogeophysical biohazard bioluminescent biomechanics biomedical bionics bionucleonic bioscan bioscope biosphere biosynthesis biotech bioweapon
Descendants of -metric
agrimetric astrometric barometric chlorometric chronometric coulometric craniometric cytometric drawmetric econometric ergometric flowmetric gravimetric gravimetric analysis histometric immunometric lexicometric nivometric psychrometric rheometric tachymetric udometric uranometric volumetric