Etymograph

English

fartometer

From fart + -o- + -meter.

Formed from fart + -o- + -meter

Proto-Indo-European *perd- ‘to fart loudly, pass gas, break wind’

Proto-Germanic *fertaną ‘to break wind, fart’

Proto-West Germanic *fertan

Old English *feortan ‘to fart’

Middle English ferten

English fart

Today it means

noun A supposed device that measures flatulence.

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

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