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Where does “m'suther” come from?

m'suther (Norman) comes from Old French mesurer, from Latin mēnsūrō, from Latin mēnsūra, from Latin mētior, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

m'suther (Norman): to measure

Definitions

  1. to measure

Ancestry of “m'suther”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmesurer—
2Latinmēnsūrō—
3Latinmēnsūra—
4Latinmētior—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →