Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

commensurate

 

1) proportionate; corresponding in amount, size, or degree:

 

Everyone knows that teachers’ salaries are not commensurate with the perceived importance of their profession. 2) having the same extent or degree.

 

Related English words: commensurable (measurable by the same standard or units), commensurability, commensurateness, commensuration

 

Latin root words: commetior, commetiri, commensus - to measure; mensura, mensurae, f. - a measuring; metior, metiri, mensus - to measure; mensio, mensionis, f. - a measure, measuring; mensor, mensoris, m. - a measurer, surveyor

 

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