French word mettre comes from Proto-Indo-European *mith₂-, Latin ite, missa est, and later Old French metre (To put, to place.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*mith₂- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
ite, missa est | Latin (lat) | |
missum | Latin (lat) | |
metre | Old French (fro) | To put, to place. |
mettre | French (fra) | (pronominal) to start (+ à) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something. (transitive) to put; to place. (transitive) to set (to lay a table). (transitive, of clothing) to put on. |