Where does “mégapole” come from?

mégapole (French) comes from French -pole, from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis, from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- — fortification, city.

mégapole (French): megalopolis

Definitions

  1. megalopolis

Ancestry of “mégapole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-pole-polis; -poly, related to market or economy
2Ancient Greekπόλιςcity; a whole country, as dependent on and called...
3Proto-Hellenicptóliscity
4Proto-Indo-EuropeantpólHis—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeantpelH-fortification, city

Words derived from “mégapole”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis →Every word from Proto-Hellenic ptólis →
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