mete

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).

Noun

A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.

Adj

Obsolete spelling of meet (“suitable, fitting”).

Sinonieme

allot

delimitation

bestow

border

measure

dispense

distribute

boundary line

borderline

give

bourne

ceiling

confine

ambit

dole

gauge

give away

inflict

limit

Terminus

mere

parcel

purview

ascribe

assign

stint

award

weigh

bound

boundary

bourn

Vertalings

meten

messen

ceza kirin

siza dan

medir

όριο

frontière

limite

pîvan

delimitació

σύνορο

mesura

απονέμω

διαμοιράζω

خَط الحُدُود

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/miːt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: meten

Geërf van Old English: metan

Verwante met Skots: mete

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: meete

Verwante met Fries: mjitte

Verwante met Nederlands: meten

Verwante met Duits: messen

Verwante met Sweeds: mäta

Verwante met Latyn: modus

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: μεδίμνος

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: μέδεσθαι

Verwante met Classical Armenian: միտ

Geërf van Middle English: mete

Verwante met Old English: wullmod

In summary

From Middle English meten, from Old English metan (“to measure, mete out, mark off, compare, estimate; pass over, traverse”), from Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną (“to measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, consider”).
Cognate with Scots mete (“to measure”), Saterland Frisian meete (“to measure”), West Frisian mjitte (“to measure”), Dutch meten (“to measure”), German messen (“to measure”), Swedish mäta (“to measure”), Latin modus (“limit, measure, target”), Ancient Greek μεδίμνος (medímnos, “measure, bushel”), Ancient Greek μέδεσθαι (médesthai, “care for”), Old Armenian միտ (mit, “mind”).