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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

  1. A film that lasts less than about 50 minutes

Ancestry of “mediometraggio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmetraggiomeasurement; length; footage
2Italianmetrometre, meter; ruler, ruler, measure; yardstick,...
3Frenchmétrosubway , underground , Tube; Someone from...
4Frenchmétropolitainmetropolitan; subway, underground; Person from...
5Latinmētropolītānus—
6Ancient Greekμητροπολίτης—
7Ancient Greekμητρόπολιςmother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,...
8Ancient Greekπόλιςcity; a whole country, as dependent on and called...
9Proto-Hellenicptóliscity
10Proto-Indo-EuropeantpólHis—
11Proto-Indo-EuropeantpelH-fortification, city
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