Where does “metre” come from?

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

Ancestry of “metre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2Proto-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 →