Where does “mettere” come from?
mettere (Italian) comes from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
mettere (Italian): to put, place, lay, set; to deposit; to bet,...
Definitions
- to put, place, lay, set; to deposit; to bet,...
Ancestry of “mettere”, step by step
mettere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin mittō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
via Latin mittere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mittere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |