Where does “meto-” come from?

meto- (Proto-Celtic) comes from Esperanto meti, from Italian mettere, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Ancestry of “meto-”, step by step

meto- traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto meti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantometito put, place
2Italianmettereto put, place, lay, set; to deposit; to bet,...
3Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
4Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

via Ingrian mesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmesinectar
2Ingrianmarjaberry
3Proto-Finnicmarjaberry
4Proto-Finno-Ugricmërjaberry

via Albanian Mehmet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianMehmet—

Words derived from “meto-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic meitō →Every word from Latin mittō →