Where does “মেট্রোরেল” come from?
মেট্রোরেল (Bengali) comes from Bengali মেট্রো, from English metro, from French métro, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις — fortification, city.
মেট্রোরেল (Bengali): metro, subway
Definitions
- metro, subway
Ancestry of “মেট্রোরেল”, step by step
মেট্রোরেল traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Bengali মেট্রো
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengali | মেট্রো | metro (rapid transit rail transport system, generally underground and serving a metropolitan area) |
| 2 | English | metro | An underground railway; A train that runs on such... |
| 3 | French | métro | metro; subway US, underground UK, Tube UK |
| 4 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 5 | Latin | mētropolītānus | metropolitan |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |
via Bengali রেল
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengali | রেল | rail |
| 2 | English | rail | A horizontal bar extending between supports and... |
| 3 | Middle English | rail | — |
| 4 | Old English | regol | a rule; a ruler |
| 5 | Latin | rēgula | rule, bar |
| 6 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |