Where does “mete” come from?
mete (Haitian Creole) comes from French mettre, from Middle French mettre, from Old French metre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
mete (Haitian Creole): put; put on
Ancestry of “mete”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | mettre | to put; to place; to put on; to set |
| 2 | Middle French | mettre | to put; to place |
| 3 | Old French | metre | to put, to place |
| 4 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |