Where does “гектолитр” come from?

гектолитр (Russian) comes from Russian литр, from French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā — ingot.

гектолитр (Russian): hectoliter, hectolitre

Definitions

  1. hectoliter, hectolitre

Ancestry of “гектолитр”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianлитрliter
2Frenchlitrelitre
3Medieval Latinlitra—
4Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
5Proto-Italic*līðrāingot
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā →Every word from Ancient Greek λίτρα →Every word from Medieval Latin litra →