Meter Definition

Origin of Meter

• Middle English from Old English meter and from Old French metre both from Latin metrum from Greek metron measure, poetic meter mē-² in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• French -mètre from Greek metron measure mē-² in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• French mètre from Greek metron measure mē-² in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Fr -mètre or ModL -metrum, both < Gr metron, a measure: see meter

  From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

• From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (metron, “measure")

  From Wiktionary

• From –meter

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition