Where does “mettersi” come from?

mettersi (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...

mettersi (Italian): to put on, wear

Definitions

  1. to put on, wear

Ancestry of “mettersi”, 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 “mettersi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →