Etymograph

English

serimeter

Serimeter comes from French sérimètre.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentsérimètre1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1883serimeter1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English serimeter
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1883, United States Bureau of Entomology, Physical properties of reeled silk: “The elasticity and the tenacity of raw silk are…”.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentsérimètreWiktionary, English serimeter
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1883serimeterWiktionary, English serimeter. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1883, United States Bureau of Entomology, Physical properties of reeled silk: “The elasticity and the tenacity of raw silk are…”

Every English word from French sérimètre

Today it means

noun A device used for testing the strength of thread or yarn, especially of silk.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “serimeter”. 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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