Etymology
1. O.E.
metan, from P.Gmc.
*motijanan (cf.O.N.
mæta, O.S.
motian "to meet"). Related to O.E.
gemot "meeting." The noun, in the sporting sense, is attested from 1831, originally of hunting.
Meeting "gathering of people for discussion, etc." is attested from 1513. In 17c., it was applied generally to worship assemblies of nonconformists, but this now is retained mostly by Quakers.
2. From Middle English meten, from Old English mētan (“to meet, find, encounter”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan (“to meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to come, meet”).
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Scots met, mete, meit (“to meet”), North Frisian meet, mätje, möt (“to meet”), West Frisian mette, moetsje (“to meet”), Dutch ontmoeten (“to meet”), Low German möten (“to meet”), Danish møde (“to meet”), Elfdalian my̨öt (“to meet”), Faroese møta (“to meet”), Icelandic mæta (“to meet”), Norwegian Bokmål møte (“to meet”), Norwegian Nynorsk møta, møte (“to meet”), Swedish möta (“to meet”). Related to moot. See: Proto-Germanic '
*mōtijaną', Scots '
met', Dutch '
ontmoeten', Low Saxon 'möten', Danish '
møde', Faroese '
møta', Icelandic '
mæta', Norwegian '
møte', Norwegian, nynorsk '
møta', Swedish '
möta'.
Verbs referencing "meet"
Dutch
ontmoeten, Danish
møde, Norwegian, nynorsk
møte.