Etymograph

English

stichometry

Stichometry comes from Latin stichometria.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstichometria1
  2. Englishtodaystichometry1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English stichometry

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstichometriaWiktionary, English stichometry
  2. EnglishtodaystichometryWiktionary, English stichometry

A compound of στίχος ‘verse’ + μέτρον ‘measurement’ + -ία

Every English word from Latin stichometria

Today it means

noun The measurement of books in terms of how many lines of text they contain.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stichometry”. 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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