Where does “millimetrare” come from?
millimetrare (Italian) comes from Italian millimetro, 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.
millimetrare (Italian): To divide, or mark out in millimetres
Definitions
- To divide, or mark out in millimetres
Ancestry of “millimetrare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | millimetro | millimetre / millimeter; first-person singular... |
| 2 | Italian | metro | metre, meter; ruler, ruler, measure; yardstick,... |
| 3 | French | métro | metro; subway US, underground UK, Tube UK |
| 4 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 5 | Latin | mētropolītānus | metropolitan |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 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 |