Where does “radiotachimetro” come from?
radiotachimetro (Italian) comes from Italian tachimetro, 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.
radiotachimetro (Italian): an instrument that measures speed via the Doppler shift of radio waves
Definitions
- an instrument that measures speed via the Doppler shift of radio waves
Ancestry of “radiotachimetro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tachimetro | speedometer; tachometer; tattler |
| 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 |