Etymology

tetrameter

te·tra·me·ter
T1E1T1R1A1M3E1T1E1R1

Today it means: A line in a poem having four metrical feet. Full definition →

English meter ← Middle English metere ← Old English metan
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  2. Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
  3. Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
  4. Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
  5. Englishtetra-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*médeti
  8. Proto-Germanic*metaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*metan
  10. Old Englishmetan
  11. Middle Englishmeten
  12. Middle Englishmetere
  13. Englishmeter
  14. English todaytetrameter

From tetra- + meter.

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