Where does “exalitre” come from?

exalitre (English) comes from English litre, from French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā — ingot.

exalitre (English): A unit of volume equivalent to 10 litres. Symbol:...

Definitions

  1. A unit of volume equivalent to 10 litres. Symbol:...

Ancestry of “exalitre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlitreThe metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one...
2Frenchlitrelitre
3Medieval Latinlitra
4Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
5Proto-Italic*līðrāingot
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrāEvery word from Ancient Greek λίτραEvery word from Medieval Latin litra
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