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Where does “mensurate” come from?

mensurate (English) comes from Latin mensuratus, from Latin mēnsūrō, from Latin mēnsūra, from Latin mētior, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mensurate (English): To measure absolutely the height, latitude and...

Definitions

  1. To measure absolutely the height, latitude and...

Ancestry of “mensurate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmensuratusmeasured, having been measured; estimated, having...
2Latinmēnsūrō—
3Latinmēnsūra—
4Latinmētior—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “mensurate”

  • immensurate
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