Where does “kvadratkilometer” come from?

kvadratkilometer (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kilometer, from Norwegian Bokmål meter — a metre, or meter.

kvadratkilometer (Norwegian Bokmål): a square kilometre, or square kilometer (US) (SI unit of area measurement)

Definitions

  1. a square kilometre, or square kilometer (US) (SI unit of area measurement)

Ancestry of “kvadratkilometer”, step by step

kvadratkilometer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål kilometer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkilometera kilometre, or kilometer
2Norwegian Bokmålmetera metre, or meter

via Norwegian Bokmål kvadrat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkvadrata square
Every word from Norwegian Bokmål meter →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål kilometer →