Where does “մետրոպոլիտեն” come from?
մետրոպոլիտեն (Armenian) comes from Russian метрополите́н, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis — fortification, city.
մետրոպոլիտեն (Armenian): underground, subway, metro
Definitions
- underground, subway, metro
Ancestry of “մետրոպոլիտեն”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | метрополите́н | subway, underground |
| 2 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 3 | Latin | mētropolītānus | metropolitan |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |