Etymograph

English

Gunter's line

From Gunter + -'s + line, from the surname of the English clergyman, geometer, and mathematician Edmund Gunter (1581–1628), the inventor of the Gunter’s scale.

Formed from Gunter + -'s + line

Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz

Proto-West Germanic *Gunþihari

Old High German Gundheri

German Gunther

English Gunter

Proto-Germanic *līną ‘flax’

Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ‘line’

Proto-West Germanic *līnā ‘line’

Old English līne ‘line’

Middle English line ‘rope’

English line

Today it means

noun A logarithmic line on a Gunter's scale, which is used to perform the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically with only dividers.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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