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Where does “meti” come from?

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

meti (Latin): present passive infinitive of metō

Definitions

  1. present passive infinitive of metō

Ancestry of “meti”, step by step

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