Where does “mesura” come from?

mesura (Ladin) comes from Latin mēnsūra, from Latin mētior, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mesura (Ladin): measure (all senses); rule

Definitions

  1. measure (all senses); rule

Ancestry of “mesura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmēnsūrameasure; a measuring
2Latinmētiorto measure or estimate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Latin mētior →Every word from Latin mēnsūra →
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