Etymograph

English

rainmeter

From rain + meter.

A compound of rain + meter

Proto-Germanic *regną ‘rain’

Proto-West Germanic *regn ‘rain’

Old English reġn ‘rain’

Middle English reyn

English rain

Middle English metere ‘one who measures, measurer’

English meter

Today it means

noun A pluviometer.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rainmeter”. 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.

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