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Where does “metraje” come from?

metraje (Spanish) comes from French métrage, from French métrer, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

metraje (Spanish): The duration of a film; Distance measured in...

Definitions

  1. The duration of a film; Distance measured in...

Ancestry of “metraje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmétragefootage
2Frenchmétrerto meter
3Frenchmètremetre/meter; first-person singular present...
4Latinmetruma measure
5Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
6Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
9Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “metraje”

  • cronometraje
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