Where does “liter” come from?

liter (Indonesian) comes from Dutch liter, from French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā — ingot.

liter (Indonesian): litre: the metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ

Definitions

  1. litre: the metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ

Ancestry of “liter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchliterlitre
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 →