English
resistometer
From resist + -o- + -meter.
Formed from resist + -o- + -meter
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘stand’
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Latin sistō ‘cause to stand’
Latin resistere
Middle French resister ‘to resist’
Middle English resisten ‘to resist’
English resist
Today it means
noun A device that measures the resistance of an organism to destruction by heat
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “resistometer”. 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 / resistometer