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Where does “మెగాలీటరు” come from?

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

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

Definitions

  1. megalitre: a unit of volume equivalent to...

Ancestry of “మెగాలీటరు”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguలీటరుlitre or liter: the metric unit of fluid measure,...
2Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
3Proto-Italic*līðrā—
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