Where does “velostrada” come from?
velostrada (Polish) comes from French vélo, from French vélocipède, from Latin pedes, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
velostrada (Polish): bicycle highway
Definitions
- bicycle highway
Ancestry of “velostrada”, step by step
velostrada traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French vélo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vélo | bike, bicycle, cycle |
| 2 | French | vélocipède | a velocipede; bicycles in general; first-person... |
| 3 | Latin | pedes | a walker, one who walks; foot soldier,... |
| 4 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Italian strada
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | strada | road, way, street; street |
| 2 | Latin | strāta | a paved road |
| 3 | Latin | strātus | — |
| 4 | Latin | sternō | to spread, stretch out, spread out |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | stornō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | str̥-n-h₃- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |