Meet etymology

English

English word meet comes from Proto-Indo-European *mod-os, Proto-Germanic *maitijaną, Old English mætan (To dream.)

Detailed word origin of meet

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*mod-os Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*maitijaną Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)
mætan Old English (ang) To dream.
*mad- Proto-Indo-European (ine) food, to come, meet, wet; glossy, fat, well-fed
*metaną Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) To measure.
*gamōtą Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)
metan Old English (ang) To measure. To mete To meet, encounter. To paint, design.
metan Old English (ang) To measure. To mete.
*mōtijaną Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) To meet, encounter.
metan Old English (ang) To meet, encounter. To paint, design.
mǣtan Old English (ang)
meten Middle English (enm) To meet, come together To dream. To paint.
meet English (en) (Ireland) To French kiss someone.. (sports) To play a match.. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.. Of groups: to gather or oppose.. Of individuals: to make personal contact.. To adjoin, be physically touching.. To come face to face with someone by arrangement.. To come together in conflict.. To converge and finally touch or intersect.. To gather for a formal or social [...]

Words with the same origin as meet

Descendants of *mod-os

model modern modest modesty modify module mood