Where does “mete” come from?
mete (Middle English) comes from Middle English bake mete, from Middle English baken, from Old English bacan, from Proto-West Germanic bakan, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.
mete (Middle English): Food, nourishment or comestibles; that which is...
Definitions
- Food, nourishment or comestibles; that which is...
Ancestry of “mete”, step by step
mete traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English bake mete
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | bake mete | Any kind of cooked food which has a pastry... |
| 2 | Middle English | baken | To bake; to cook in an oven; usually used of... |
| 3 | Old English | bacan | to bake |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | bakan | to bake |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |