Where does “metre” come from?

metre (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan metre, from Latin mittere, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

metre (Occitan): to put, to place

Definitions

  1. to put, to place

Ancestry of “metre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanmetre—
2Latinmitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “metre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Latin mittere →Every word from Old Occitan metre →