Where does “møte” come from?

møte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French mode, from Middle French mode, from Old French mode, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

møte (Norwegian Bokmål): a meeting; an encounter; to meet

Definitions

  1. a meeting; an encounter; to meet

Ancestry of “møte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmodefashion, trend; method, means, way, mode; mode,...
2Middle Frenchmode—
3Old Frenchmode—
4Latinmodusmeasure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “møte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Latin modus →