Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
From Middle English meten, from Old English metan (“to measure, mete out, mark off, compare, estimate; pass over, traverse”), from Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną (“to measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, consider”). Cognate with Scots mete (“to measure”), Saterland Frisian meete (“to measure”), West Frisian mjitte (“to measure”), Dutch meten (“to measure”), German messen (“to measure”), Swedish mäta (“to measure”), Latin modus (“limit, measure, target”), Ancient Greek μεδίμνος (medímnos, “measure, bushel”), Ancient Greek μέδεσθαι (médesthai, “care for”), Old Armenian միտ (mit, “mind”).
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- Root classification mention*med-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionmetenenm
- Inherited-form mentionmetanang · to measure, mete out, mark off, compare, estimate; pass over, traverse
- Inherited-form mention*metangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*metanągem-pro · to measure
- Derivation mention*med-ine-pro · to measure, consider
- Cognate mentionmetesco · to measure
- Cognate mentionmeetestq · to measure
- Cognate mentionmjittefy · to measure
- Cognate mentionmetennl · to measure
- Cognate mentionmessende · to measure
- Cognate mentionmätasv · to measure
- Cognate mentionmodusla · limit, measure, target
- Cognate mentionμεδίμνοςgrc · measure, bushel
- Cognate mentionμέδεσθαιgrc · care for
- Cognate mentionմիտxcl · mind
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