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Where does “mēnsūrātiō” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mēnsūrātiō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmēnsūra—
2Latinmētior—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →