Etymology

alkalimetric

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Today it means: Describing a titration in which the titrant is an alkali. Full definition →

Latin metricus ← Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) ← Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-
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  1. Arabicاَلْقِلْي (al-qily)
  2. Medieval Latinalcali
  3. Frenchalcali
  4. Englishalkali
  5. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  7. Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
  8. Ancient Greekμετρῐκός (metrĭkós)
  9. Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
  10. Latinmetrum
  11. Latinmetricus
  12. English todayalkalimetric

From alkali + -metric.

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