How Do You Spell COMMEASURES?

Pronunciation: [kəmˈɛʒəz] (IPA)

Commeasures is spelled with a silent "o" followed by a "m" sound and then "measures". The IPA phonetic transcription is /kəmˈmɛʒərz/. The first syllable "kəm" is pronounced like "come" without the "e" sound at the end. The second syllable "ˈmɛʒərz" is pronounced like "measures" with the "zh" sound for the "s" and a silent "e". Commeasures means to measure two things together, using a common standard.

Common Misspellings for COMMEASURES

  • commesures
  • xommeasures
  • vommeasures
  • fommeasures
  • dommeasures
  • cimmeasures
  • ckmmeasures
  • clmmeasures
  • cpmmeasures
  • c0mmeasures
  • c9mmeasures
  • conmeasures
  • cokmeasures
  • cojmeasures
  • comneasures
  • comkeasures
  • comjeasures
  • commwasures
  • commsasures
  • commdasures

Etymology of COMMEASURES

The word commeasures has a relatively straightforward etymology. It is a verb form derived from the noun commensurate, which in turn comes from the Latin word commensuratus.

In Latin, com- means together or with, while mensura means measure. Therefore, commensuratus means measured together or having a common measure.

The English verb commeasures is formed by adding the suffix -es to commensurate, indicating a verb in the third person singular. Hence, commeasures means measures together or determines the common measure.

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