English
farinograph
Farinograph comes from Latin farīna ‘flour’, and goes back to far ‘kind of grain’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfar‘kind of grain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfarīna‘flour’
- Englishtodayfarinograph
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfar‘kind of grain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfarīna‘flour’
- Englishtodayfarinograph
Formed from -graph
Linked words
through Latin far ‘kind of grain’
Today it means
noun A device for measuring properties of flour mixed with water, such as its shear and viscosity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin far / farinograph