English
mensurate
Mensurate comes from Latin mēnsūrātus ‘measured, having been measured’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₁-‘to measure’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mētisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmētior‘to measure or estimate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmēnsūra‘measure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmēnsūrō‘measure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmēnsūrātus‘measured, having been measured’
- Englishtodaymensurate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₁-‘to measure’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mētisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmētior‘to measure or estimate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmēnsūra‘measure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmēnsūrō‘measure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmēnsūrātus‘measured, having been measured’
- Englishtodaymensurate
first attested First attested in 1653 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1653; borrowed from Latin mēnsūrātus, perfect passive participle of mēnsūrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’
month, moon, meal, moral, sunny, moody, metric, meter, metre, meta, menstrual, asymmetry, madder, metrology, metis, firman, moodiness, mete, metra, menses, 62 more
through Proto-Italic *mētis
dimensionless, commensal, 18 more
through Latin mētior ‘to measure or estimate’
dimensional, dimension, immense, mesa, mensa, 20 more
through Latin mēnsūra ‘measure’
Today it means
verb To measure absolutely the height, latitude and longitude of a point on the earth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- / mensurate