Etymology

heptameter

H4E1P3T1A1M3E1T1E1R1

Today it means: a line or verse containing seven metrical feet Full definition →

English meter ← Middle English metere ← Old English metan
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The story

  1. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  2. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  4. Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
  5. Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
  6. Englishhepta-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*médeti
  9. Proto-Germanic*metaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*metan
  11. Old Englishmetan
  12. Middle Englishmeten
  13. Middle Englishmetere
  14. Englishmeter
  15. English todayheptameter

From hepta- + meter.

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