Where does “liter” come from?

liter (Medieval Latin) comes from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā — ingot.

liter (Medieval Latin): first-person singular present passive subjunctive...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive...

Ancestry of “liter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
2Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

Words derived from “liter”

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