inch etymology

Etymology:

• Late Old English ince, from Proto-West Germanic in-tiōn **('thin thing'), from Proto-Germanic in-tijǭ **('thin, small'), from Proto-Indo-European ņ-tiH₁ **('small, thin').

Meaning and Origin:

• Inch:
  • A unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot, or 2.54 centimeters.
  • Originally referred to a small or thin thing, such as a finger's width.
  • May have originated from the measurement of the width of a human thumb at the first joint.

inch relate terms

• cubit

  Etymology The word cubit derives from the Latin term cubitus which means elbow I

• inchmeal

  Etymology Inchmeal is derived from the Old English word incemeale which means piece

• inch

  Etymology Late Old English ince from Proto West Germanic in tiōn thin thing fr

• meal

  Etymology The word meal comes from the Old English word mæl which originally meant

• piecemeal

  Etymology Piecemeal is a compound word derived from two Old English words piece

• ounce

  Etymology The word ounce comes from the Late Latin word uncia which means a twelft

• edge

  Etymology Old English ecg meaning border boundary brink Middle English egge

• extended

  Extended Etymology Extended etymology is a thorough investigation into the historical dev

• caliber

  Etymology The word caliber originates from the Old French word calibre which was bo

• thread

  Etymology The word thread traces its origins back to the Old English word thræd whi

• mesh

  Etymology Middle English mesh from Anglo Norman French mesch from Old French maisc U

• foot

  Etymology The word foot derives from the Old English word fot which is of Germanic o