Where does “quilòmetre” come from?
quilòmetre (Catalan) comes from Catalan quilo, from Catalan quilogram, from French kilogramme, from French gramme, from Latin gramma, from Ancient Greek γράμμα, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
quilòmetre (Catalan): kilometre, kilometer
Definitions
- kilometre, kilometer
Ancestry of “quilòmetre”, step by step
quilòmetre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan quilo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | quilo | kilo |
| 2 | Catalan | quilogram | kilogram |
| 3 | French | kilogramme | kilogram |
| 4 | French | gramme | gram |
| 5 | Latin | gramma | gram |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Catalan metre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | metre | metre, meter; to put, to place; to set |
| 2 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |