Where does “lita” come from?

lita (Swahili) comes from English litre, from French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā — ingot.

lita (Swahili): litre

Definitions

  1. litre

Ancestry of “lita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlitreThe metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one...
2Frenchlitrelitre
3Medieval Latinlitra—
4Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
5Proto-Italic*līðrāingot
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā →Every word from Ancient Greek λίτρα →Every word from Medieval Latin litra →