commensurate
/kəˈmensəət/kuh-MEN-sur-uht
/kəˈmɛnsɚət/kuh-MEN-sur-uht
Meaningmeasured together
Common meaning: in fit proportion
- comwith, together
- mensto measure outLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1133 · scan
- urateverb or adjective ending (-ure + -ate)
‘with, together’ + ‘to measure out’ → commensurate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin mētior ‘to measure out’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mētior, p. 1133 · dictionary scan
Roots
- mētior, mēnsus Latin “to measure out”
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