Where does “mensuration” come from?

Mensuration comes from Middle French mensuration and Late Latin mensuratio, meaning the action of measuring.

mensuration (English): The act or process of measuring; measurement; The...

Definitions

  1. The act or process of measuring; measurement; The...

Ancestry of “mensuration”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmēnsūrātiō—
2Latinmēnsūrameasure; a measuring
3Latinmētiorto measure or estimate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “mensuration”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Latin mētior →Every word from Latin mēnsūra →
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