Where does “metu” come from?

metu (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto meti, from Italian mettere, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

metu (Esperanto): imperative of meti

Definitions

  1. imperative of meti

Ancestry of “metu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantometito put, place
2Italianmettereto put, place, lay, set; to deposit; to bet,...
3Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
4Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic meitō →Every word from Latin mittō →