Where does “మెగాలీటరు” come from?

మెగాలీటరు (Telugu) comes from Telugu లీటరు, from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā — ingot.

మెగాలీటరు (Telugu): megalitre: a unit of volume equivalent to...

Definitions

మెగాలీటరు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Telugu	లీటరు	litre or liter: the metric unit of fluid measure,...
2	Ancient Greek	λίτρα	litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
3	Proto-Italic	*līðrā	ingot

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Telugu	మగ	male