Where does “كيلو” come from?

كيلو (South Levantine Arabic) comes from French kilo, from French kilo-, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι, from Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

كيلو (South Levantine Arabic): kilo, kilogram

Definitions

  1. kilo, kilogram

Ancestry of “كيلو”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchkilokilo
2Frenchkilo-kilo
3Ancient Greekχίλιοιthousand
4Proto-Hellenic*kʰehliyoithousand
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰéslomthousand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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