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Where does “Speedos” come from?

Speedos (English) comes from English Speedo, from English speedometer, from English -meter, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Speedos (English): A tight-fitting brief or bikini style swimsuit;...

Definitions

  1. A tight-fitting brief or bikini style swimsuit;...

Ancestry of “Speedos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSpeedoA tight-fitting swimsuit, especially commonly...
2EnglishspeedometerA device that measures, and indicates the current...
3English-meterUsed to form the names of measuring devices
4Frenchmètremetre/meter; first-person singular present...
5Latinmetruma measure
6Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
7Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
8Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
10Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “Speedos”

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