bdellometer

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέτρον“(something used to) measure”
2. French · derived from-mètre“-meter”
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromβδέλλα“leech”
4. French · derived frombdellomètre
5. English todaybdellometer

From the French bdellomètre, from the Ancient Greek βδέλλα (bdélla, “leech”) + the French -mètre (“-meter”), itself from the Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “(something used to) measure”).

Words from the same roots