The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμῆκος“length”
- English todaymekometer
From Ancient Greek μῆκος (mêkos, “length”) (see meco-) + -meter. The same formation as mecometer.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμῆκος all →
meco-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.