Where does “mikrometro” come from?
mikrometro (Tagalog) comes from Spanish micrómetro, from Spanish metro, from French métro, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις — fortification, city.
mikrometro (Tagalog): micrometer instrument
Definitions
- micrometer instrument
Ancestry of “mikrometro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | micrómetro | micrometre |
| 2 | Spanish | metro | meter; measuring tape; ruler |
| 3 | French | métro | metro; subway US, underground UK, Tube UK |
| 4 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 5 | Latin | mētropolītānus | metropolitan |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |