Where does “μέτρο” come from?
μέτρο (Greek) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis — fortification, city.
μέτρο (Greek): measure, measurement; rule, ruler; measure,...
Definitions
- measure, measurement; rule, ruler; measure,...
Ancestry of “μέτρο”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | métro | subway , underground , Tube; Someone from... |
| 2 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 3 | Latin | mētropolītānus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |
Words derived from “μέτρο”