Where does “kilometro sero” come from?

kilometro sero (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 sero (Tagalog): kilometre zero

Definitions

  1. kilometre zero

Ancestry of “kilometro sero”, step by step

kilometro sero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kilometro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkilometrokilometer
2Spanishkilómetrokilometre; kilometer
3Spanishmetrometer; measuring tape; ruler
4Frenchmétrometro; subway US, underground UK, Tube UK
5Frenchmétropolitainmetropolitan; subway, underground; Person from...
6Latinmētropolītānusmetropolitan
7Ancient Greekμητροπολίτηςmetropolitan
8Ancient Greekμητρόπολιςmother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,...
9Ancient Greekπόλιςcity; a whole country, as dependent on and called...
10Proto-Hellenicptóliscity
11Proto-Indo-EuropeantpólHis
12Proto-Indo-EuropeantpelH-fortification, city

via Tagalog sero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogserozero
2Spanishcerozero
3Medieval Latinzephirumzero
4Arabicصِفْرzero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;...
5Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tpelH-
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