Where does “nanometro” come from?
nanometro (Italian) comes from Italian metro, from French métro, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis — fortification, city.
nanometro (Italian): nanometre / nanometer
Definitions
- nanometre / nanometer
Ancestry of “nanometro”, step by step
nanometro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian metro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | metro | metre, meter; ruler, ruler, measure; yardstick,... |
| 2 | French | métro | metro; subway US, underground UK, Tube UK |
| 3 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 4 | Latin | mētropolītānus | metropolitan |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |
via Portuguese metro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | metro | metre; underground, subway |