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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English dimencioun, from Middle French dimension or directly [[bor|la|dīmēnsiō|t=a measuring]], dīmēnsiōnem,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from dīmētīrī, to measure out, from dis-, apart, and mētīrī, to measure (see [[measure]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from PIE *me-, to measure.^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[inh|enm|dimencioun]], from [[frm|dimension]] or directly [[bor|la|dīmēnsiō|t=a measuring]], dīmēnsiōnem,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|dīmētīrī]], to measure out, from dis-, apart, and [[m|la|mētīrī]], to measure (see [[measure]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[ine-pro|*me-]], to measure.^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==