agrimensor
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a land surveyor a professional who measures land, delineates property boundaries, etc.
Etymology
Compound from Latin ager (field, territory, countryside, a field, domain, productive land, acre, land, district, soil) + Latin mēnsor (a measurer, a surveyor).
Origin
Latin
mēnsor
Gloss
a measurer, a surveyor
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agrimensor English
- agellus Latin
- ager Latin
- agrarius Latin
- agrellus Latin
- agricola Latin
- agricultor Latin
- agricultura Latin
- agripeta Latin
- mēnsor Latin
- peragro Latin
- peregre Latin
- *agros Proto-Italic