hodometer etymology

English word hodometer comes from English -meter (Used to form the names of measuring devices.), English hodo- (Road; path; travel.)

Detailed word origin of hodometer

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-meter English (eng) Used to form the names of measuring devices.
hodo- English (eng) Road; path; travel.
hodometer English (eng)

Words with the same origin as hodometer

Descendants of -meter
accelerometer altimeter arthrometer barometer calorimeter calorimetry dioptometer dynamometer fluorometer geoboard geometry glucometer holometer inclinometer lucimeter pantometer photopolarimeter pulsimeter spectrometer symmetry tachometer tiltmeter trig trigonometry
Descendants of hodo-
hodograph hodology hodonymy hodophobia hodoscope