Where does “meter” come from?

meter (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese meter, from Latin mitto, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

meter (Galician): to put; to insert; to bring in

Definitions

  1. to put; to insert; to bring in

Ancestry of “meter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemeter—
2LatinmittoI send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release,...
3Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
4Proto-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 mitto →