English
profilograph
From profile + -o- + -graph.
Formed from profile + -o- + -graph
Italian filare ‘to spin, draw a line’
Italian profilare ‘to outline’
Italian profilo ‘profile’
French profil
English profile
Today it means
noun An instrument for automatically recording the profile of the ground it traverses.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “profilograph”. 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 / profilograph