Etymology

stylometry

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Today it means: A statistical method of analyzing a text to determine its author. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) ← Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ← English style
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The story

  1. Medieval Latinstylus
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  3. Proto-Italic*stiglos?
  4. Latinstilu
  5. Old Frenchestile
  6. Middle Englishstile
  7. Englishstyle
  8. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  10. Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
  11. English todaystylometry

From style + -o- + -metry.

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