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See also: -mètric, metric, and mètric

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Hellenic *-tron
Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)
Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek μετρῐκός (metrĭkós)bor.
Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)der.
Latin metrum
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
English -metric

Borrowed from French -métrique, from Latin metricus.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-metric

  1. Forming adjectives corresponding to nouns in -meter.
  2. Of or relating to measurement.

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