Etymograph

English

goniometric

Goniometric comes from Ancient Greek μέτρον ‘something used to measure: measure, rule, weight’, from Proto-Hellenic *gónu ‘knee’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵónu‘knee’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gónu‘knee’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenic, derivedc. 2200–1600 BCE*gonwíareconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγωνίᾱgōníā
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμέτρονmétron‘something used to measure: measure, rule, weight’
  6. English1500–presentgoniometer
  7. Englishtodaygoniometric

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵónu‘knee’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gónu‘knee’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenic, derivedc. 2200–1600 BCE*gonwíareconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγωνίᾱgōníā
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμέτρονmétron‘something used to measure: measure, rule, weight’
  6. English1500–presentgoniometer
  7. Englishtodaygoniometric

A compound of goniometer + -ic

Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu ‘knee’

Proto-Hellenic *gónu ‘knee’

Proto-Hellenic *gonwía

Ancient Greek γωνίᾱ

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

English goniometer

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu ‘knee’

knit, kneel, 22 more

through Proto-Hellenic *gonwía

gon, 9 more

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

meter, metre, geometric, madder, symmetric, asymmetry, metrology, metra, 42 more

Today it means

adj Of, relating to, or determined by a goniometer.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu / goniometric

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