Where does “hectolitro” come from?

hectolitro (Spanish) comes from Spanish litro, from French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā — ingot.

hectolitro (Spanish): hectoliter

Definitions

  1. hectoliter

Ancestry of “hectolitro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlitrolitre; liter
2Frenchlitrelitre
3Medieval Latinlitra
4Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
5Proto-Italic*līðrāingot
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrāEvery word from Ancient Greek λίτραEvery word from Medieval Latin litra
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