Where does “metere” come from?

metere (Old English) comes from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

metere (Old English): painter

Definitions

  1. painter

Ancestry of “metere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
2Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
3Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Old English -ere