English
geometer
Geometer comes from Late Latin geōmetrēs ‘geometer, geometrician’, and goes back to Ancient Greek γεωμέτρης.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγεωμέτρηςgeōmétrēs
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEgeōmetrēs‘geometer, geometrician’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gemeter
- Englishearliest quotation 1999geometer
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγεωμέτρηςgeōmétrēs
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEgeōmetrēs‘geometer, geometrician’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gemeter
- Englishearliest quotation 1999geometer
Earliest quotation: 1999, Joseph-Marie Montmasson, Invention and the Unconscious: “But this idea, which is a general postulate in…”
A compound of γῆ ‘earth’ + μετρέω ‘to measure’
Proto-Hellenic *gaya
Ancient Greek γῆ ‘earth’
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’
Ancient Greek μέτρον ‘something used to measure: measure, rule, weight’
Ancient Greek μετρέω ‘to measure’
Every English word from Ancient Greek γεωμέτρης
Today it means
noun A mathematician who specializes in geometry.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek γεωμέτρης / geometer