Where does “entermise” come from?
entermise (English) comes from French entremise, from French s'entremettre, from French mettre, from Middle French mettre, from Old French metre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
entermise (English): mediation
Definitions
- mediation
Ancestry of “entermise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | entremise | An intervention, means, or method |
| 2 | French | s'entremettre | — |
| 3 | French | mettre | to put; to place; to put on; to set |
| 4 | Middle French | mettre | to put; to place |
| 5 | Old French | metre | to put, to place |
| 6 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |