Where does “surmetre” come from?
surmetre (Old French) comes from Old French metre, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Ancestry of “surmetre”, step by step
surmetre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French metre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | metre | to put, to place |
| 2 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
via Latin supermitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | supermitto | to throw or pour over or upon |