(declension-1) turning point, winning post (pillar at each end of the Circus route)
(declension-1) boundary limit
(declension-1, figuratively) goal, end, limit, turning point
Wymawiane jako (IPA)
[ˈmeː.ta]
Etymologia (Angielski)
From Proto-Italic *mētā, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”), whence mētior, with which compare the derived mētor.
Cognate with Ancient Greek μῆτις (mêtis), μέτρον (métron), μέτριος (métrios), Old Church Slavonic мѣра (měra); compare also Hungarian mér, Russian ме́ра (méra), Serbo-Croatian mera and mjera, English meal.