Where does “medida” come from?

medida (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Medir, from Old Portuguese medir, from Latin mētior, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

medida (Portuguese): measurement; measure; action, step, sanction

Definitions

  1. measurement; measure; action, step, sanction

Ancestry of “medida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseMedirto measure, gauge
2Old Portuguesemedir—
3Latinmētiorto measure or estimate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Latin mētior →Every word from Old Portuguese medir →