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Where does “met” come from?

Met comes from Middle English meten, from Old English mete, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European med- and ḱóm combined with meh₂d-.

met (English): simple past tense and past participle of meet;...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of meet;...

Ancestry of “met”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmetento meet, come together; to paint; to sculpt;...
2Middle English-enDenotes the past participle form when attached to...
3Old English-enmæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;...
4Old Norse-innUsed to create adjectives from nouns, meaning...
5Proto-Norse-īna-—
6Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “met”

  • unmet
  • undermet
  • mettest
  • metness
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