Etymology

-metric

Today it means: Forming adjectives corresponding to nouns in -meter. Full definition →

Latin metricus ← Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) ← Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  3. Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
  4. Ancient Greekμετρῐκός (metrĭkós)
  5. Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
  6. Latinmetrum
  7. Latinmetricus
  8. English today-metric

Borrowed from French -métrique, from Latin metricus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.