Where does “metatus” come from?
metatus (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,...
metatus (Latin): measured out
Ancestry of “metatus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | metor | I measure, mete or mark out; first-person... |
| 2 | Latin | mēta | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | mōtijan | to meet |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | mōtijaną | to meet, encounter |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mōtą | meeting |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |
Words derived from “metatus”