Where does “άμετρος” come from?
άμετρος (Greek) comes from Greek μέτρο, 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.
άμετρος (Greek): unmeasured, immeasurable; incalculable;...
Definitions
- unmeasured, immeasurable; incalculable;...
Ancestry of “άμετρος”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | μέτρο | measure, measurement; rule, ruler; measure,... |
| 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 |