The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμανός“thin, rare”
- French · borrowed frommanomètre
- English todaymanometer
From French manomètre, formed from Ancient Greek μανός (manós, “thin, rare”) + μέτρον (métron), equivalent to mano- + -meter.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.