Etymology

monometer

mo·no·me·ter
M3O1N1O1M3E1T1E1R1

Today it means: A line of verse containing a single metrical foot. Full definition →

English meter ← Middle English metere ← Old English metan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
  3. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  4. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  5. Englishmono-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*médeti
  8. Proto-Germanic*metaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*metan
  10. Old Englishmetan
  11. Middle Englishmeten
  12. Middle Englishmetere
  13. Englishmeter
  14. English todaymonometer

From mono- + meter.

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