Where does “kilómetru³” come from?
kilómetru³ (Chicahuaxtla Triqui) comes from Spanish kilómetro, from Spanish metro, from French métro, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις — fortification, city.
kilómetru³ (Chicahuaxtla Triqui): kilometre, kilometer
Definitions
- kilometre, kilometer
Ancestry of “kilómetru³”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | kilómetro | kilometre; kilometer |
| 2 | Spanish | metro | meter; measuring tape; ruler |
| 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 |