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Barometer
An instrument measuring atmospheric pressure.
The Greek roots
βάρος
báros
weight
μέτρον
métron
measure
Literally: “weight measurer”
The story of the word
It measures the 'weight' of the air; báros surfaces again in barometric and isobar.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
The falling barometer warned of an approaching storm.