Where does “mensurar” come from?

mensurar (Portuguese) comes from Late Latin mensuro, from Latin mēnsūra, from Latin mētior, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mensurar (Portuguese): to measure

Definitions

  1. to measure

Ancestry of “mensurar”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mensurar”

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