Where does “castrametor” come from?

castrametor (Latin) comes from Latin metor, from Latin mēta, from Proto-West Germanic mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

castrametor (Latin): I pitch camp

Definitions

  1. I pitch camp

Ancestry of “castrametor”, step by step

castrametor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin metor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmetorI measure, mete or mark out; first-person...
2Latinmētacone, pyramid
3Proto-West Germanicmōtijanto meet
4Proto-Germanicmōtijanąto meet, encounter
5Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via Latin castrum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincastrumcastle, fort, fortress; camp, especially a...
2Proto-Italickastromknife
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱos-tróm—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

Words derived from “castrametor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →