Where does “millimetri” come from?
millimetri (Italian) comes from Italian millimetrare, from Italian millimetro, from Italian metro, from French métro, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις — fortification, city.
millimetri (Italian): plural of millimetro; second-person singular...
Definitions
- plural of millimetro; second-person singular...
Ancestry of “millimetri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | millimetrare | To divide, or mark out in millimetres |
| 2 | Italian | millimetro | millimetre / millimeter; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Italian | metro | metre, meter; ruler, ruler, measure; yardstick,... |
| 4 | French | métro | metro; subway US, underground UK, Tube UK |
| 5 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 6 | Latin | mētropolītānus | metropolitan |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |