Where does “mesurer” come from?

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

mesurer (Old French): to measure

Definitions

  1. to measure

Ancestry of “mesurer”, step by step

mesurer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin mēnsūrō

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

via Late Latin mensuro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late LatinmensuroI measure; I estimate

Words derived from “mesurer”

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