Etymograph

English

tasimeter

Tasimeter comes from Ancient Greek τάσις ‘stretching, extension’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ten-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ten-1‘stretch’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tén-tis1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tə́tsis1reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτάσις2tásis‘stretching, extension’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2007tasimeter2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τάσις
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English tasimeter
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2007, Martin Woodside: “The eclipse offered the opportunity to test the tasimeter,…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ten-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τάσις‘stretch’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tén-tisWiktionary, Ancient Greek τάσιςreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tə́tsisWiktionary, Ancient Greek τάσιςreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτάσιςWiktionary, English tasimetertásis‘stretching, extension’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2007tasimeterWiktionary, English tasimeter. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2007, Martin Woodside: “The eclipse offered the opportunity to test the tasimeter,…”

Formed from meter

Middle English metere ‘one who measures, measurer’

English meter

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘stretch’

continue, content, tight, tone, maintenance, contain, ton, tune, obtain, continuous, tennis, continent, entertainment, retain, sustain, tender, detention, tenant, retention, continuum, tonic, rein, pristine, pertinent, tenor, abstinence, tendon, tenacity, incontinence, abstain, tenacious, sustenance, detain, countenance, tenet, pertain, tenement, retinue, tantra, abstention, 72 more

Today it means

noun An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies. It consists of a small rod or disk of carbon forming part of an electrical circuit, whose resistance (varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured) causes variations in the strength of the current, which are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tasimeter”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek τάσις. 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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