Where does “parametri” come from?
parametri (Italian) comes from Italian parametrare, from Italian parametro, from Italian metro, from French métro, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις — fortification, city.
parametri (Italian): plural of parametro; plural of parametrio;...
Definitions
- plural of parametro; plural of parametrio;...
Ancestry of “parametri”, step by step
parametri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian parametrare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | parametrare | To parameterize |
| 2 | Italian | parametro | parameter; first-person singular present... |
| 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 |
via Italian parametrio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | parametrio | parametrium |