barometer
/bəˈɒmɪtə/bur-O-mih-tur
/bɚˈɑmɪtɚ/bur-AH-mih-tur
Meaninga weight measure
Common meaning: an instrument measuring air pressure
- barheavy; weightLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 147 · scan
- metra measure, a rule for measuringLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 957 · scan
‘heavy’ + ‘a measure, a rule for measuring’ → barometer
Journey through time
- bar — Greek βαρύς; βάρος “heavy; weight” (path traced)
- metr — Greek μέτρον “a measure, a rule for measuring” (path traced)
- Greekβαρύς; βάρος + μέτρον‘heavy + a measure, a rule for measuring’
- Englishbarometer‘an instrument measuring air pressure’ · today
bar also in: baritone
metr also in: anemometermillimetrethermometersupersymmetryhyperparameter
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Greek βαρύς; βάρος ‘heavy; weight’ + Greek μέτρον ‘a measure, a rule for measuring’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry μέτρον, p. 957 · dictionary scan
Roots
- βαρύς; βάρος Greek “heavy; weight”
- μέτρον Greek “a measure, a rule for measuring”
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