Where does “monometrico” come from?
monometrico (Italian) comes from Portuguese monómetro, from Portuguese metro, from French métro, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις — fortification, city.
monometrico (Italian): monometric
Definitions
- monometric
Ancestry of “monometrico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | monómetro | monometer |
| 2 | Portuguese | metro | metre; underground, subway |
| 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 |