Morpheme
Met(e)r(e) [Meter, Metre]
Type
free base
Denotation
measure, length, size, limit, proportion, unit of length
Etymology
(1) Old English meter; Latin mētrum; Ancient Greek métron; (2) French mètre; Ancient Greek métron
Evidence
adipometry, allometric, asymmetric, attometer, barometer, centimeter, cytometry, decimeter, diameter, entomometer, exameter, femtometer, geometry, gigameter, heliometry, hexameter, hypermetric, isometric, kilometer, megameter, meter, meters, metre, metres, metric, metrical, metronome, -metry, micrometer, millimeter, morphometric, nanometer, odometer, oometry, parameter, pentameter, perimeter, pyrometric, saccharimeter, salimeter, symmetry, tetrameter, trigonometry, yoctometer, yottameter, zeptometer, zettameter
Notes
meter preferred American spelling
metre preferred British spelling
<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
International System of Units “Base Unit”
