Where does “mil·lilitre” come from?

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

mil·lilitre (Catalan): millilitre

Definitions

  1. millilitre

Ancestry of “mil·lilitre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanlitrelitre
2Frenchlitrelitre
3Medieval Latinlitra—
4Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
5Proto-Italic*līðrāingot
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā →Every word from Ancient Greek λίτρα →Every word from Medieval Latin litra →