The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπυκνός“dense”
- English todaypycnometer
From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “dense”) and μέτρον (métron, “measure”). By surface analysis, pycno- + -meter.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπυκνός all →
isopycnicpycnaspideanpycno-pycnodysostosispyknon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.