Where does “medida” come from?

medida (Tagalog) comes from Spanish medida, from Spanish medir, from Latin mētior, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

medida (Tagalog): measurer; measuring tool; measuring instrument such as a tape measure or graduated cylinder

Definitions

  1. measurer; measuring tool; measuring instrument such as a tape measure or graduated cylinder

Ancestry of “medida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmedidameasurement; measure, gauge; degree, extent;...
2Spanishmedirto measure; to gauge
3Latinmētiorto measure or estimate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →
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