-metro
Italian (Fiorentino)
suffix
Definitions
- meter
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek μέτρον (measure, rule, size, length, poetic metre, metron, meter) root from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (measure).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*meh₁-
Gloss
measure
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -meter English
- emmetropia English
- centum Latin
- diametros Latin
- metior Latin
- metrum Latin
- mēta Latin
- mētīrī Latin
- nimis Latin
- pes Latin
- meta Italian
- metrum Dutch, Flemish
- mètre French
- метр Russian
- -metro Spanish, Castilian
- διάμετρος Ancient Greek
- μέτριος Ancient Greek
- μέτρον Ancient Greek
- πυρομέτρης Ancient Greek
- συμμετρία Ancient Greek
- ἑξάμετρος Ancient Greek
- ἰσομέτρητος Ancient Greek
- *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *mh₁-nt- Proto-Indo-European
- *mi-mh₁-eti Proto-Indo-European
- *moh₁ros Proto-Indo-European
- *méh₁tis Proto-Indo-European
- *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Indo-European
- -metro Portuguese
- *mēlijaną Proto-Germanic
- *mēlą Proto-Germanic
- *mēniniz dagaz Proto-Germanic
- *mēnô Proto-Germanic
- मा Sanskrit
- मा, √मा Sanskrit
- मात्रा Sanskrit
- √मा Sanskrit
- mórfhoclach Irish
- *měra Proto-Slavic
- *mě̀ra Proto-Slavic
- metr Czech
- -metre Catalan, Valencian
- -metro Galician
- μέτρο Greek (modern)
- 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *māyos Proto-Celtic
- *mimáHti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *mētā Proto-Italic
- *matja Proto-Albanian