Where does “lìtras” come from?

lìtras (Lithuanian) comes from French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā — ingot.

lìtras (Lithuanian): litre

Definitions

  1. litre

Ancestry of “lìtras”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlitrelitre
2Medieval Latinlitra—
3Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
4Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

Words derived from “lìtras”

Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā →Every word from Ancient Greek λίτρα →Every word from Medieval Latin litra →