Where does “centilitro” come from?

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

centilitro (Italian): centilitre / centiliter

Definitions

  1. centilitre / centiliter

Ancestry of “centilitro”, step by step

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

Words derived from “centilitro

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