Where does “millilitro” come from?

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

millilitro (Italian): millilitre / milliliter

Definitions

  1. millilitre / milliliter

Ancestry of “millilitro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlitrolitre; liter
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 →