Where does “mesurar” come from?

mesurar (Old Catalan) comes from Late Latin mensuro, from Latin mēnsūra, from Latin mētior, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

Ancestry of “mesurar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late LatinmensuroI measure; I estimate
2Latinmēnsūrameasure; a measuring
3Latinmētiorto measure or estimate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “mesurar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Latin mētior →Every word from Latin mēnsūra →