Where does “km” come from?
km (Translingual) comes from Translingual k, from Translingual k-, from English kilo-, from French kilo-, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι, from Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
Ancestry of “km”, step by step
km traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Translingual k
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | k | Abbreviation of thousand |
| 2 | Translingual | k- | Abbreviation of kilo- |
| 3 | English | kilo- | API; In the International System of Units and... |
| 4 | French | kilo- | kilo |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χίλιοι | thousand |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *kʰehliyoi | thousand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰéslom | thousand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |