-metro

Portuguese

suffix
Definitions
  • meter forms the names of measuring devices

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

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