mensuro

Latin

Etymology

  • From mēnsūra (measure) +‎ (verb-forming suffix). First attested in the fourth century.[1]

    Verb

    mēnsūrō (present infinitive mēnsūrāre, perfect active mēnsūrāvī, supine mēnsūrātum); first conjugation (Late Latin)

    1. to measure
    2. to estimate

    Usage notes

    The Classical Latin counterpart was mētior.

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Aromanian: misur
    • Catalan: mesurar
    • French: mesurer
    • Friulian: misurâ
    • Italian: misurare
    • Norman: m'suther
    • Occitan: mesurar
    • Portuguese: mesurar, mensurar
    • Romanian: măsura
    • Romansch: mesirar, masirar, misirar, masürar, imsürer
    • Sicilian: misurari
    • Spanish: mesurar, mensurar
    • Venetan: mexurar

    References

    • mensuro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • mensuro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “mēnsūrāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 728

    Spanish

    Verb

    mensuro

    1. first-person singular present indicative of mensurar