Etymology

dysmetria

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Ancient Greek δυσμετρία
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromδυσμετρία
  2. English todaydysmetria

1910-1915. Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δυσμετρία (dusmetría), from δυσ- (dus-) + μέτρον (métron) + -ία (-ía).

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