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Where does “milímetro” come from?

milímetro (Spanish) comes from Spanish -metro, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

milímetro (Spanish): millimeter

Definitions

  1. millimeter

Ancestry of “milímetro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-metro-meter
2Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
3Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
4Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
6Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “milímetro”

  • mm
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