English
isometry
Isometry comes from Ancient Greek ἰσομετρία.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἰσομετρίαisometría
- New Latinc. 1500–1900isometria
- Englishtodayisometry
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἰσομετρίαisometría
- New Latinc. 1500–1900isometria
- Englishtodayisometry
A compound of ἴσος ‘equal’ + μέτρον ‘measurement’ + -ια ‘-y’
Proto-Indo-European *wi- ‘to separate’
Proto-Hellenic *wíswos
Ancient Greek ἴσος ‘equal’
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’
Ancient Greek μέτρον ‘measurement’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἰσομετρία
Today it means
noun A function between metric spaces (or on a single metric space) having the property that the distance between two images is equal to the distance between their preimages.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἰσομετρία / isometry