meet

meet · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*meh₂d-“to come, meet”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*mōtijaną“to meet”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*mōtijan“to meet”
4. Old English · inherited frommētan“to meet, find, encounter”
5. Middle English · inherited frommeten
6. English todaymeet

From Middle English meten, from Old English mētan (“to meet, find, encounter”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan (“to meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to come, meet”). Cognates Cognate with Scots met, mete, meit (“to meet”), North Frisian meet, mätje, möt (“to meet”), West Frisian mette, moetsje (“to meet”), Dutch ontmoeten (“to meet”), Low German möten (“to meet”), Danish møde (“to meet”), Elfdalian my̨öt (“to meet”), Faroese møta (“to meet”), Icelandic mæta (“to meet”), Norwegian Bokmål møte (“to meet”), Norwegian Nynorsk møta, møte (“to meet”), Swedish möta (“to meet”). Related to moot.

meet · adjective²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*med-“to measure”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*gamētijaz
3. Old English · inherited fromġemǣte“suitable, having the same measurements”
4. Middle English · inherited frommete
5. English todaymeet

From Middle English mete, imete, from Old English ġemǣte (“suitable, having the same measurements”), from the Proto-Germanic *gamētijaz, *mētiz (“reasonable; estimable”) (cognate with Dutch meten (“measure”), German gemäß (“suitable”) etc.), itself from collective prefix *ga- + Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).

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