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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

mete (arch.) measure out. OE. metan = OS. metan, OHG. mezzan (Du. meten, G. messen), ON. meta, Goth. mitan :- Gmc. *metan; the IE. base *med- is repr. also by L. meditārī MEDITATE, Gr. médesthai care for, OIr. midiur I judge, beside *mod-, of L. modus MODE.

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