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Where does “metere” come from?

metere (Latin) comes from Latin meto, from Proto-Italic meteō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁- — to mow, reap.

metere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “metere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmetoI reap, harvest; I cut, crop or snip off; I cut...
2Proto-Italicmeteō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂meh₁-to mow, reap

Words derived from “metere”

  • miete
  • mietere
  • mietitore
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