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nilometer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nilome-ter
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a device used to measure the rise of water in the Nile at the flood

Etymology

Etymology tree English Nile Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English nilometer From Nile + -o- + -meter.

Inflected Forms

nilometers (plural)

Synonyms

Niloscope

Questions

What does nilometer mean?
a device used to measure the rise of water in the Nile at the flood
Where does nilometer come from?
Etymology tree English Nile Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English nilometer From Nile + -o- + -meter.

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