Where does “mediometraggio” come from?
mediometraggio (Italian) comes from Italian metraggio, from Italian metro, from French métro, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις — fortification, city.
mediometraggio (Italian): A film that lasts less than about 50 minutes
Definitions
- A film that lasts less than about 50 minutes
Ancestry of “mediometraggio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | metraggio | measurement; length; footage |
| 2 | Italian | metro | metre, meter; ruler, ruler, measure; yardstick,... |
| 3 | French | métro | subway , underground , Tube; Someone from... |
| 4 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 5 | Latin | mētropolītānus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |