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
- To measure absolutely the height, latitude and...
Ancestry of “mensurate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mensuratus | measured, having been measured; estimated, having... |
| 2 | Latin | mēnsūrō | to measure |
| 3 | Latin | mēnsūra | measure; a measuring |
| 4 | Latin | mētior | to measure or estimate |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |