Saturday 1 December 2012

manometer=المانومتر


manometer=المانومتر
WICTIONARY

Etymology

From French manomètre, formed from Ancient Greek μανός (manós, “thin, rare”) + μέτρον (métron).

μανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”). Cognates include Sanskrit मनाक् (manāk, “a little”), Old Armenian մանր (manr, “scantily”), Lithuanian meñkas (“small, insignificant”), Old Irish menb (“small”), Gothic �������� (mins, “less”), Russian менее and Latin minuo (“lessen”), minus (“less”).

μέτρον

Ancient Greek



ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
manometer (n.)
1730, from Fr. manomètre (1706), said to have been coined by French mathematician Pierre Varignon (1654-1722) from Gk. manos "thin, rare; loose in texture, porous; scanty, few" (see mono-) + -mètre (see -meter). Related: Manometric.


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