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French word mettre comes from Proto-Indo-European *mith₂-, Latin ite, missa est, and later Old French metre (To put, to place.)
*mith₂- (Proto-Indo-European)
ite, missa est (Latin)
missum (Latin)
metre (Old French)
To put, to place.
mettre (French)
(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.