Where does “microlitre” come from?

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

microlitre (English): A unit of fluid measure being one millionth of a...

Definitions

  1. A unit of fluid measure being one millionth of a...

Ancestry of “microlitre”, 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

Words derived from “microlitre”

Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā →Every word from Ancient Greek λίτρα →Every word from Medieval Latin litra →