Where does “contaquilómetros” come from?
contaquilómetros (Galician) comes from Galician quilómetro, from Galician metro, from French métro, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις — fortification, city.
contaquilómetros (Galician): milometer UK, odometer US
Definitions
- milometer UK, odometer US
Ancestry of “contaquilómetros”, step by step
contaquilómetros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician quilómetro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | quilómetro | kilometre; kilometer |
| 2 | Galician | metro | metre |
| 3 | French | métro | metro; subway US, underground UK, Tube UK |
| 4 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 5 | Latin | mētropolītānus | metropolitan |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |
via Galician contar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | contar | to count; to compute |