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
- kilometre zero
Ancestry of “kilometro sero”, step by step
kilometro sero 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 |