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Where does “quilolitro” come from?

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

quilolitro (Galician): kilolitre; kiloliter

Definitions

  1. kilolitre; kiloliter

Ancestry of “quilolitro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianlitrolitre; liter
2Frenchlitrelitre
3Medieval Latinlitra—
4Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
5Proto-Italic*līðrā—
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