Where does “krótkometrażowy” come from?
krótkometrażowy (Polish) comes from Polish metraż, from French métrage, from French métrer, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
krótkometrażowy (Polish): short, short film, short-length
Definitions
- short, short film, short-length
Ancestry of “krótkometrażowy”, step by step
krótkometrażowy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish metraż
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | metraż | footage |
| 2 | French | métrage | footage |
| 3 | French | métrer | to meter |
| 4 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |