Where does “meetinstrument” come from?
meetinstrument (Dutch) comes from Dutch meten, from Middle Dutch mēten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic metaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.
meetinstrument (Dutch): A measuring instrument
Definitions
- A measuring instrument
Ancestry of “meetinstrument”, step by step
meetinstrument traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch meten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | meten | to measure; to measure up |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | mēten | to measure |
| 3 | Old Dutch | metan | to measure |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *metan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | metaną | to measure |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |
via Dutch instrument
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | instrument | instrument; musical instrument |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | instrument | — |
| 3 | Old French | instrument | — |
| 4 | Latin | īnstrūmentum | An instrument, tool, utensil |
| 5 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 6 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |