Etymology

measurement

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Today it means: The act of measuring. Full definition →

English measure ← Middle English mesure ← Old French mesure
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  3. Proto-Italic*mētis
  4. Latinmētior
  5. Latinmēnsūra
  6. Old Frenchmesure
  7. Middle Englishmesure
  8. Englishmeasure
  9. English todaymeasurement

From measure + -ment.

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