myEtymology.com: English etymology of metre

1. Etymology of the English word metre

the English word metre

Danish metrum, Dutch meter, Dutch metrum, English meter, French mètre, French métre, German Meter, German Metrum, Icelandic metri, Italian metro, Lithuanian metras, Norwegian metrum, Polish metr, Russian мeтp, Swedish meter

Word found in Modern English

derived from the English word metre

derived from the Medieval Latin word metrum (measure; meter)

derived from the Greek word metron, μέτρον (measure; a measure ('metre'), literally or figuratively; by implication, a limited portion (degree))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *me-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mē-

Word found in Modern English