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Where does “mesuré” come from?

mesuré (French) comes from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra, from Latin mētior, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mesuré (French): past participle of mesurer; measured; moderate,...

Definitions

  1. past participle of mesurer; measured; moderate,...

Ancestry of “mesuré”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmesure—
2Latinmēnsūra—
3Latinmētior—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “mesuré”

  • mesurément
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →