Where does “centimetraje” come from?
centimetraje (Spanish) comes from Spanish centímetro, from French centimètre, from French centi-, from Latin centi-, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom.
centimetraje (Spanish): coverage in a newspaper, measured by centimetres of text
Definitions
- coverage in a newspaper, measured by centimetres of text
Ancestry of “centimetraje”, step by step
centimetraje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish centímetro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | centímetro | centimetre |
| 2 | French | centimètre | centimetre |
| 3 | French | centi- | centi |
| 4 | Latin | centi- | one hundred-, hundred-; "indicates a count of one... |
| 5 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 6 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Spanish metraje
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | metraje | The duration of a film; Distance measured in... |
| 2 | French | métrage | footage |
| 3 | French | métrer | to meter |
| 4 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |