Where does “metrotunneli” come from?
metrotunneli (Finnish) comes from Finnish metro, from French métro, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis — fortification, city.
metrotunneli (Finnish): metro tunnel
Definitions
- metro tunnel
Ancestry of “metrotunneli”, step by step
metrotunneli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish metro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | metro | an underground, a subway, a Tube or a metro |
| 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 |