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Where does “decilitro” come from?

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

decilitro (Italian): decilitre / deciliter

Definitions

  1. decilitre / deciliter

Ancestry of “decilitro”, step by step

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