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.
centilitar (Serbo-Croatian): centilitre
Ancestry of “centilitar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | lȉtar | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | — |