Where does “kilometro kupong” come from?
kilometro kupong (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kilometro, from Spanish kilómetro, from Spanish metro, from French métro, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις — fortification, city.
kilometro kupong (Tagalog): kilometre zero
Definitions
- kilometre zero
Ancestry of “kilometro kupong”, step by step
kilometro kupong traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog kilometro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | kilometro | kilometer |
| 2 | Spanish | kilómetro | kilometre; kilometer |
| 3 | Spanish | metro | meter; measuring tape; ruler |
| 4 | French | métro | metro; subway US, underground UK, Tube UK |
| 5 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 6 | Latin | mētropolītānus | metropolitan |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |
via Swedish kupong
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kupong | a coupon or voucher |
| 2 | French | coupon | coupon; An oddment or offcut, a short rest of... |
| 3 | French | couper | to cut, cut up, to chop, to sever; to cut off, to... |
| 4 | Old French | coper | to cut |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |