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- Medieval Greek · derived fromστιχομετρία
- Latin · derived fromstichometria
- English todaystichometry
From Latin stichometria, from Medieval Greek στιχομετρία (stikhometría), from στίχος (stíkhos, “verse”) + μέτρον (métron, “measurement”) + -ία (-ía, abstract noun suffix). By surface analysis, sticho- + -metry.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.