Where does “リットル” come from?

リットル (Japanese) comes from French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā — ingot.

リットル (Japanese): liter/litre

Definitions

  1. liter/litre

Ancestry of “リットル”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlitrelitre
2Medieval Latinlitra—
3Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
4Proto-Italic*līðrāingot
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā →Every word from Ancient Greek λίτρα →Every word from Medieval Latin litra →