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Where does “litra” come from?

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

Ancestry of “litra”, step by step

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

Words derived from “litra”

  • litre
  • millilitre
  • hectolitre
  • kilolitre
  • hectoliter
  • microlitre
  • picolitre
  • megalitre
  • nanolitre
  • gigalitre
  • myrialitre
  • femtolitre
  • multilitre
  • litrebike
  • gigaliter
  • yoctolitre
  • teralitre
  • petalitre
  • exalitre
  • yottalitre
  • attolitre
  • megalitro
  • quilolitro
  • litro
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