Where does “meter” come from?

meter (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch metrijn, from Latin matrīna, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Ancestry of “meter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmetrijn—
2Latinmatrīnagodmother
3Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
4Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “meter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →