mettre.
to put; to place
Meaning & usage
to put; to place
to put on
to set
to start (something / doing something)
to get around to it
to penetrate
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French mettre, from Old French metre, from Latin mittere, probably from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”). Cognate with Occitan metre. Portuguese meter, Spanish meter and Italian mettere.
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