μέτρον
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- something used to measure: measure, rule, weight
- length, width, breadth
- (music) metre#Etymology 2|metre
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (measure), *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
- -metry English
- barleymeal English
- beanmeal English
- bearmeal English
- beremeal English
- bloodmeal English
- branmeal English
- cent English
- cental English
- centi- English
- cornmeal English
- cwt. English
- daymeal English
- emmetropia English
- emmetropic English
- emmetropization English
- fishmeal English
- fistmele English
- guestmeal English
- intermeal English
- intrameal English
- isometric English
- maizemeal English
- matra English
- meal English
- mealbag English
- mealer English
- mealless English
- mealman English
- mealmonger English
- mealprep English
- mealtide English
- mealtime English
- mealworm English
- mealworm beetle English
- mealy English
- meter English
- metre English
- midmeal English
- milletmeal English
- nonmeal English
- nutmeal English
- peameal English
- peasemeal English
- pedetentous English
- postmeal English
- premeal English
- ricemeal English
- rockmeal English
- ryemeal English
- slidometer English
- soymeal English
- speltmeal English
- stonemeal English
- suppedaneous English
- undermeal English
- wheatmeal English
- wholemeal English
- woodmeal English
- metri Finnish
- centiceps Latin
- centiens Latin
- centies Latin
- centimanus Latin
- centipes Latin
- centum Latin
- centuplico Latin
- diametros Latin
- diametrus Latin
- focus Latin
- hexameter Latin
- metior Latin
- metricus Latin
- metrum Latin
- milli Latin
- mēta Latin
- mētīrī Latin
- nimis Latin
- pedatim Latin
- pedetemptim Latin
- pes Latin
- petiolus Latin
- suppedaneum Latin
- symmetria Latin
- Meter German
- centi- Hungarian
- -metro Italian
- cento Italian
- meta Italian
- metro Italian
- tripudio Italian
- metrum Dutch, Flemish
- centimètre French
- cytomètre French
- décamètre French
- décimètre French
- hectomètre French
- kilomètre French
- lysimètre French
- millimètre French
- monomètre French
- mètre French
- métrer French
- nanomètre French
- oxymètre French
- picomètre French
- ériomètre French
- двухметровый Russian
- метр Russian
- метрический Russian
- метровый Russian
- микрометр Russian
- миллиметр Russian
- нанометр Russian
- педометр Russian
- полметра Russian
- -metro Spanish, Castilian
- cien Spanish, Castilian
- ciento Spanish, Castilian
- metro Spanish, Castilian
- διάμετρος Ancient Greek
- μέτριος Ancient Greek
- πυρομέτρης Ancient Greek
- πῡρός Ancient Greek
- συμμετρία Ancient Greek
- σύμμετρος Ancient Greek
- ἑξάμετρος Ancient Greek
- Ἥλιος Ancient Greek
- ἰσομέτρητος Ancient Greek
- ῐ̓́σος 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
- *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Indo-European
- metrum Norwegian Bokmål
- symmetri Norwegian Bokmål
- -metro Portuguese
- alcoolímetro Portuguese
- alcoolómetro Portuguese
- alcoolômetro Portuguese
- metro Portuguese
- *mēlijaną Proto-Germanic
- *mēlą Proto-Germanic
- *mēniniz dagaz Proto-Germanic
- *mēnô Proto-Germanic
- symmetri Swedish
- メートル Japanese
- cent Polish
- centymetr Polish
- metr Polish
- metrum Norwegian Nynorsk
- symmetri Norwegian Nynorsk
- mæl Old English
- मा Sanskrit
- मा, √मा Sanskrit
- मात्रा Sanskrit
- √मा Sanskrit
- mel Middle English
- méadar Irish
- mórfhoclach Irish
- centi- Danish
- symmetri Danish
- *cęta Proto-Slavic
- *měra Proto-Slavic
- *mě̀ra Proto-Slavic
- centimetr Czech
- decimetr Czech
- femtometr Czech
- hektometr Czech
- kilometr Czech
- metr Czech
- mikrometr Czech
- milimetr Czech
- nanometr Czech
- cent Old French
- cent Esperanto
- simetrija Serbo-Croatian
- симетрија Serbo-Croatian
- -metre Catalan, Valencian
- cent Catalan, Valencian
- metre Catalan, Valencian
- metri Icelandic
- senti- Icelandic
- मात्रा Hindi
- -metro Galician
- Zanfoga Galician
- entrefollo Galician
- santafollo Galician
- เมตร Thai
- άμετρος Greek (modern)
- ανισόμετρος Greek (modern)
- μέτριος Greek (modern)
- μέτρο Greek (modern)
- χιλιοστόμετρο Greek (modern)
- matra Indonesian
- metrum Indonesian
- cents Latvian
- simetrija Latvian
- metre Turkish
- మీటరు Telugu
- meatair Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- metur Faroese
- senti- Faroese
- mét Vietnamese
- метър Bulgarian
- метр Kazakh
- qind Albanian
- 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *māl gmw-pro
- cen Old Portuguese
- cento Old Portuguese
- *māyos Proto-Celtic
- симетрија Macedonian
- *mimáHti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- tsendu Aromanian
- tsentu Aromanian
- cent Occitan
- *kentom Proto-Italic
- *mētā Proto-Italic
- *pess Proto-Italic
- cien Asturian
- cientu Asturian
- ម៉ែត្រ Central Khmer
- cent Friulian
- pît Friulian
- centas Lithuanian
- simetrija Lithuanian
- sento Venetian
- zsento Venetian
- *matja Proto-Albanian
- çénto Ligurian
- ciant Dalmatian
- meter Mòcheno
- chentu Sardinian
- mātrā Old Khmer
- peîe Istriot
- sento Istriot
- centu Corsican
- cien Mirandese
- mitri Afar
- cinde Tarantino