Where does “metterci” come from?

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

metterci (Italian): to take (time, effort)

Definitions

  1. to take (time, effort)

Ancestry of “metterci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmettereto put, place, lay, set; to deposit; to bet,...
2Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
3Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “metterci”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →