English
eudiometer
Eudiometer comes from Ancient Greek εὔδιος ‘clear (weather)’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεὔδιοςeúdios‘clear (weather)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1780eudiometer
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεὔδιοςeúdios‘clear (weather)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1780eudiometer
Earliest quotation: 1780, Philip Thicknesse: “The same ingenious gentleman has also invented some Eudiometers,…”
Formed from -meter
Every English word from Ancient Greek εὔδιος
Today it means
noun A graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek εὔδιος / eudiometer