Where does “metroethnicity” come from?
metroethnicity (English) comes from English ethnicity, from English ethnic, from French ethnique, from Middle French ethnique, from Old French ethnique, from Latin ethnicus, from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός, from Ancient Greek ἔθνος — to do, put, place.
metroethnicity (English): A hybrid ethnicity associated with a modern...
Definitions
- A hybrid ethnicity associated with a modern...
Ancestry of “metroethnicity”, step by step
metroethnicity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ethnicity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ethnicity | The common characteristics of a group of people,... |
| 2 | English | ethnic | Of or relating to a group of people having common... |
| 3 | French | ethnique | ethnic |
| 4 | Middle French | ethnique | — |
| 5 | Old French | ethnique | — |
| 6 | Latin | ethnicus | heathen; pagan |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐθνικός | national |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἔθνος | group of people: tribe, family; group of animals:... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἔθω | I am accustomed, I tend to |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swe-dʰh₁- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via English metro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metro | An underground railway; A train that runs on such... |
| 2 | French | métro | metro; subway US, underground UK, Tube UK |
| 3 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 4 | Latin | mētropolītānus | metropolitan |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |