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Where does “mēnsis” come from?

mēnsis (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēns, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

Ancestry of “mēnsis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicmēnsis—
2Proto-Italicmēns—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
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