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English

absorptiometrically

From absorptiometric + -ally.

A compound of absorption + -metric + absorptiometric

Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- ‘to sip, gulp, suck (in)’

Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti ‘to be sipping, sucking’

Proto-Italic *sorβeō ‘to suck in’

Latin sorbeō ‘to suck in, drink up’

Latin absorbeō ‘to swallow down, devour’

Latin absorptiō ‘drink, beverage’

English absorption

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’

Ancient Greek μέτρον ‘something used to measure: measure, rule, weight’

Latin metrum ‘a measure’

Latin metricus ‘metrical’

English absorptiometric

Today it means

adv By means of, or in terms of, absorptiometry.

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