metre

metre · noun, verb¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέτρον“measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”
2. French · borrowed frommètre
3. English todaymetre

From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”). Doublet of meter, metron, and mether.

metre · noun, verb²

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέτρον“measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”
2. Latin · derived frommetrum
3. English todaymetre

From Old English, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”).

Words from the same roots