Etymograph

English

litrameter

Litrameter comes from Ancient Greek λῑ́τρᾱ ‘a pound’, from Proto-Italic *līðrā ‘ingot’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyH- ‘to pour’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leyH-1‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*līðrā2‘ingot’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλῑ́τρᾱ3lī́trā‘a pound’
  4. Englishtodaylitrameter3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *līðrā
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek λίτρα
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English litrameter

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leyH-Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *līðrā‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*līðrāWiktionary, Ancient Greek λίτρα‘ingot’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλῑ́τρᾱWiktionary, English litrameterlī́trā‘a pound’
  4. EnglishtodaylitrameterWiktionary, English litrameter

Formed from meter

Middle English metere ‘one who measures, measurer’

English meter

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *līðrā ‘ingot’

level, equilibrium, deliberate, rattle, litre, deliberation, lira, libra, deliberative, 17 more

Today it means

noun An instrument for measuring the specific gravity of liquids by the height to which they rise in vertical tubes under a definite air pressure.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “litrameter”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Italic *līðrā, Ancient Greek λίτρα. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leyH- / litrameter

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