measure

Examples: "I can see the measure from here." "That measure belongs to me." "The measure is very important."

Middle English {it}mesure{/it} "act of measuring, instrument for measuring, standard unit of quantity, size, measurable amount, proper proportion, moderation, tempurance," borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin {it}mensūra{/it} "act of measuring, dimension determined by measurement, amount, instrument for measuring," from {it}mensus,{/it} past participle of {it}mētior, mētīrī{/it} "to determine the extent of, mark off by measuring" + {it}-ūra{/it} -ure; {it}mētior{/it} verbal derivative of an Indo-European noun {it}*meh{inf}1{/inf}-ti-{/it} "act of measuring" (whence Old English {it}mǣth{/it} "measure, degree, efficacy," Greek {it}mêtis{/it} "measure, skill, craft," Sanskrit {it}māti-{/it} "measure, correct understanding"), nominal derivative of a verbal base {it}*meh{inf}1{/inf}-,{/it} whence, as a reduplicated present, Sanskrit {it}mímite{/it} "(s/he) measures, shares," Avestan fra{it}mimaθā{/it} "(s/he) should arrange"