meter
Indonesian
[ˈmɛ.tər]
noun
Definitions
- meter, a device that measures things.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish meter (metre) derived from Middle Dutch mēten derived from Old Dutch metan derived from Proto-Germanic *metaną (measure) derived from Proto-Indo-European *med- (measure, give advice, acquire, heal, possess, consider, control, advise, think about, decide, be in charge of, limit, reason, be in command).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*med-
Gloss
measure, give advice, acquire, heal, possess, consider, control, advise, think about, decide, be in charge of, limit, reason, be in command
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- meditate English
- modest English
- modulate English
- modus English
- accommodātus, accommodatus Latin
- commodus Latin
- meddix Latin
- medicus Latin
- medicāre Latin
- medicātōrem Latin
- medicīna Latin
- meditatio Latin
- meditātiōne(m), meditātiōnem Latin
- moderātus Latin
- modica Latin
- modicum Latin
- modius Latin
- modulus Latin
- modus Latin
- modus operandī Latin
- remedium Latin
- medicastro Italian
- medicatrice Italian
- ampèremeter Dutch, Flemish
- attometer Dutch, Flemish
- bloeddrukmeter Dutch, Flemish
- centimeter Dutch, Flemish
- decameter Dutch, Flemish
- decimeter Dutch, Flemish
- diameter Dutch, Flemish
- exameter Dutch, Flemish
- hectometer Dutch, Flemish
- kilometer Dutch, Flemish
- matig Dutch, Flemish
- medisch Dutch, Flemish
- meditatie Dutch, Flemish
- meten Dutch, Flemish
- meter Dutch, Flemish
- micrometer Dutch, Flemish
- millimeter Dutch, Flemish
- myriameter Dutch, Flemish
- mythisch Dutch, Flemish
- newtonmeter Dutch, Flemish
- petameter Dutch, Flemish
- snelheidsmeter Dutch, Flemish
- spanningsmeter Dutch, Flemish
- spectrometer Dutch, Flemish
- stroommeter Dutch, Flemish
- thermometer Dutch, Flemish
- voltmeter Dutch, Flemish
- commode French
- moduler French
- Μήδεια Ancient Greek
- μέδιμνος Ancient Greek
- μέδομαι Ancient Greek
- *med- Proto-Indo-European
- *mod-os Proto-Indo-European
- *mō- Proto-Indo-European
- *metaną Proto-Germanic
- *metaþs Proto-Germanic
- *metą Proto-Germanic
- *metōduz Proto-Germanic
- *metōną Proto-Germanic
- *mētiz Proto-Germanic
- *mētō Proto-Germanic
- *mōtijô Proto-Germanic
- *mōtǭ Proto-Germanic
- metan Old English
- *mita Old Norse
- meta Old Norse
- mjǫtviðr Old Norse
- meddwl Welsh
- meten Middle Dutch
- mēten Middle Dutch
- mezzan Old High German
- admidethar Old Irish
- armidethar Old Irish
- díummusach Old Irish
- 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- mõtlema Estonian
- metan Old Dutch
- *medyetor Proto-Celtic
- *medā Proto-Celtic
- *messus Proto-Celtic
- *to- Proto-Celtic
- med-wūt-, *kom-medyetor Proto-Celtic
- metan Old Saxon
- *medēōr Proto-Italic
- mêgo Ligurian