Where does “metropolialue” come from?
metropolialue (Finnish) comes from Spanish metropoli, from Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis, from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- — fortification, city.
metropolialue (Finnish): metropolitan area
Definitions
- metropolitan area
Ancestry of “metropolialue”, step by step
metropolialue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish metropoli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | metropoli | metropolis |
| 2 | Latin | mētropolis | metropolis |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |