Where does “mesurar” come from?

mesurar (Spanish) comes from Latin mēnsūrāre, from Latin mēnsūra, from Latin mētior, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mesurar (Spanish): to temper

Definitions

  1. to temper

Ancestry of “mesurar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmēnsūrāre—
2Latinmēnsūrameasure; a measuring
3Latinmētiorto measure or estimate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Latin mētior →Every word from Latin mēnsūra →