Where does “telemetraggio” come from?
telemetraggio (Italian) comes from Italian telemetro, 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.
telemetraggio (Italian): rangefinding
Ancestry of “telemetraggio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | telemetro | rangefinder; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Italian | metro | metre, meter; ruler, ruler, measure; yardstick,... |
| 3 | French | métro | subway , underground , Tube; Someone from... |
| 4 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 5 | Latin | mētropolītānus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | — |
| 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 |