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Where does “litre” come from?

litre (Catalan) comes from French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā.

litre (Catalan): litre

Definitions

  1. litre

Ancestry of “litre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlitrelitre
2Medieval Latinlitra—
3Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
4Proto-Italic*līðrā—

Words derived from “litre”

  • mil·lilitre
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