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Where does “mililitru” come from?

mililitru (Romanian) comes from French millilitre, from French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā.

mililitru (Romanian): millilitre

Definitions

  1. millilitre

Ancestry of “mililitru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmillilitremillilitre, milliliter
2Frenchlitrelitre
3Medieval Latinlitra—
4Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
5Proto-Italic*līðrā—
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