Where does “metely” come from?
metely (English) comes from English mete, from Middle English mete, from Middle English bake mete, from Middle English baken, from Old English bacan, from Proto-West Germanic bakan, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.
metely (English): According to measure or proportion
Definitions
- According to measure or proportion
Ancestry of “metely”, step by step
metely traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mete
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mete | To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.) |
| 2 | Middle English | mete | Food, nourishment or comestibles; that which is... |
| 3 | Middle English | bake mete | Any kind of cooked food which has a pastry... |
| 4 | Middle English | baken | To bake; to cook in an oven; usually used of... |
| 5 | Old English | bacan | to bake |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | bakan | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |