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Where does “mētā” come from?

mētā (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

Ancestry of “mētā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “mētā”

  • metatarsus
  • tarsometatarsus
  • meta
  • metatarsus
  • metis
  • meta
  • meta
  • meda
  • mede
  • ammetare
  • metafonesi
  • metato
  • мета
  • meta
  • meet
  • meta
  • met
  • краткометни
  • мета
  • kratkometni
  • meta
  • meta
  • met
  • meda
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