English
decimeter
Decimeter comes from French décimètre ‘decimetre (UK) / decimeter (US)’, from mètre ‘metre/meter’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₁-‘to measure’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμέτρον‘something used to measure: measure, rule, weight’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmetrum‘a measure’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmètre‘metre/meter’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdécimètre‘decimetre (UK) / decimeter (US)’
- Englishtodaydecimeter
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₁-‘to measure’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμέτρον‘something used to measure: measure, rule, weight’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmetrum‘a measure’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmètre‘metre/meter’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdécimètre‘decimetre (UK) / decimeter (US)’
- Englishtodaydecimeter
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’
month, moon, measure, moral, meal, sunny, dimensional, dimension, moody, immense, meta, mesa, menstrual, asymmetric, commensurate, mensa, firman, moodiness, menses, metis, mete, 59 more
through Ancient Greek μέτρον ‘something used to measure: measure, rule, weight’
geometric, parameter, symmetric, asymmetry, metrology, metra, 39 more
through Latin metrum ‘a measure’
metric, kilometre, madder, centimetre, 8 more
through French mètre ‘metre/meter’
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- / decimeter