mete
Middle English
/ˈmɛːt(ə)/, /ˈmɛːt(ə)/, /ˈmɛːt(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- Food, nourishment or comestibles; that which is eaten:
- The act of dining; a lunch.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English mete (food, meat) inherited from Proto-Germanic *matiz (food).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*matiz
Gloss
food
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antimeat English
- bakemeat English
- biomeasure English
- bushmeat English
- catmeat English
- cockmeat English
- commeasure English
- commodity meat English
- countermeasure English
- crabmeat English
- duckmeat English
- fleshmeat English
- forcemeat English
- fuckmeat English
- girlmeat English
- goatmeat English
- horsemeat English
- hypermeasure English
- immeasurate English
- inmeat English
- measurable English
- measurage English
- measure English
- measureless English
- measurement English
- measurer English
- measurest English
- measureth English
- meat English
- meat stick English
- meatarian English
- meatbag English
- meatball English
- meatbot English
- meatcase English
- meated English
- meatfork English
- meatful English
- meatgrinder English
- meathead English
- meatheaded English
- meatish English
- meatless English
- meatlike English
- meatloaf English
- meatman English
- meatness English
- meatpacker English
- meatpacking English
- meatpole English
- meatpuppet English
- meatpuppeteer English
- meatshot English
- meatspace English
- meatsuit English
- meatware English
- meatworker English
- meatworks English
- meaty English
- mismeasure English
- nonmeat English
- noonmeat English
- nutmeat English
- outmeasure English
- overmeasure English
- pigmeat English
- premeasure English
- pseudomeasure English
- quasimeasure English
- rapemeat English
- remeasure English
- semimeasure English
- sharkmeat English
- sheepmeat English
- sidemeat English
- snakemeat English
- sousemeat English
- soymeat English
- spoonmeat English
- supermeasure English
- sweatmeat English
- sweetmeat English
- think meat English
- undermeasure English
- whalemeat English
- wildmeat English
- *meh₂d- Proto-Indo-European
- *matiz Proto-Germanic
- メジャー Japanese
- flæscmete Old English
- mete Old English
- meteleas Old English
- metelēas Old English
- metesacca Old English
- meteseax Old English
- metesocn Old English
- meteswamm Old English
- metetid Old English
- meteþearfende Old English
- meteþegn Old English
- meete Middle English
- mesure Middle English
- meteles Middle English
- metels Middle English
- matr Old Norse
- kvöldmatur Icelandic
- mata Icelandic
- matarborð Icelandic
- matareitrun Icelandic
- matargerð Icelandic
- matarprjónn Icelandic
- matseðill Icelandic
- matskeið Icelandic
- matur Icelandic
- matvara Icelandic
- mjólkurmatur Icelandic
- morgunmatur Icelandic
- mötunautur Icelandic
- mesur Welsh
- maz Old High German
- matseðil Faroese
- matstova Faroese
- matur Faroese
- morgunmatur Faroese
- 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- mete Old Frisian
- mit Tok Pisin
- tinmit Tok Pisin
- meti Sranan Tongo