Sunday, 16 December 2012

barometric=بارومتري

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barometric=بارومتري
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
barometric (adj.)
1802, from barometer + -ic. Barometrical is recorded from 1660s.
barometer (n.)
1660s, from Greek baros "weight" (from barys "heavy;" see grave (adj.)) + -meter. Probably coined (and certainly popularized) by English scientist Robert Boyle (1627-1691).
-ic
adjective suffix, "having to do with, having the nature of, being, made of, caused by, similar to" (in chemistry, indicating a higher valence than names in -ous), from French -ique and directly from Latin -icus, which in many cases represents Greek -ikos "in the manner of; pertaining to." From PIE *-(i)ko, which also yielded Slavic -isku, adjectival suffix indicating origin, the source of the -sky (Russian -skii) in many surnames.









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