Where does “medir” come from?

medir (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese medir, from Latin mētior, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

medir (Galician): to measure

Definitions

  1. to measure

Ancestry of “medir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemedir—
2Latinmētiorto measure or estimate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Latin mētior →Every word from Old Portuguese medir →