Etymology

mether

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Today it means: Four in the old counting system of Northern England. Full definition →

Irish meadar ← Old Irish metar ← Latin metrum
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mether · numeral1

From Cumbric numerals; compare Welsh mhedwar, the nasal mutation of pedwar (“four”).

mether · noun2

  1. Latin · derived frommetrum
  2. Old Irish · derived frommetar
  3. Irish · borrowed frommeadar
  4. English todaymether

From Irish meadar, from Old Irish metar, from Latin metrum. Doublet of metre, meter, and metron.

Words from the same roots

Irishmeadar all →

madder

Latinmetrum all →

metermetremetrify

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