Etymograph

English

trechometer

Trechometer comes from Ancient Greek τρέχω ‘to run’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *drem-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*drem-1‘to run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰregʰ-1‘to run, drag’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτρέχω2trékhō‘to run’
  4. Englishtodaytrechometer2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τρέχω
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English trechometer

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*drem-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τρέχω‘to run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰregʰ-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τρέχω‘to run, drag’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτρέχωWiktionary, English trechometertrékhō‘to run’
  4. EnglishtodaytrechometerWiktionary, English trechometer

Formed from -meter

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *drem- ‘to run’

syndrome, dormant, dormitory, dormer, dromedary, 24 more

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to run, drag’

draw, train, draft, attractive, drag, portrait, attraction, extraction, distraction, retreat, tract, draught, entreat, 52 more

Today it means

noun odometer

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *drem- / trechometer

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