Where does “meter” come from?

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

meter (Ladin): to put, place

Definitions

  1. to put, place

Ancestry of “meter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
2Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic meitō →Every word from Latin mittō →
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