Where does “centilitar” come from?

centilitar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian lȉtar, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā — ingot.

centilitar (Serbo-Croatian): centilitre

Definitions

  1. centilitre

Ancestry of “centilitar”, step by step

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