Where does “mililitro” come from?

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

mililitro (Galician): millilitre unit of volume

Definitions

  1. millilitre unit of volume

Ancestry of “mililitro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianlitrolitre; liter
2Frenchlitrelitre
3Medieval Latinlitra—
4Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
5Proto-Italic*līðrāingot
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā →Every word from Ancient Greek λίτρα →Every word from Medieval Latin litra →