Etymology Explorer › TranslingualWhere does “kms” come from? kms (Translingual) comes from German Kriegsmarine, from German Marine, from French Marine, from Italian Marina, from Spanish marina, from Latin marīnus, from Ancient Greek Μαρῖνος, from Latin marinus — adjectival suffix.
Ancestry of “kms”, step by step kms traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kriegsmarine Step Language Word Meaning 1 German Kriegsmarine the German navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi regime 2 German Marine navy 3 French Marine navy 4 Italian Marina coast 5 Spanish marina feminine singular of marino; navy 6 Latin marīnus marine; of or pertaining to the sea 7 Ancient Greek Μαρῖνος known from the ancient Roman and Byzantine Periods 8 Latin marinus marine; of or pertaining to the sea 9 Latin -inus Of or pertaining to; -ine 10 Proto-Italic -īnos of/belonging to 11 Proto-Indo-European -iHnos Creates adjectives of materials 12 Proto-Indo-European -no- adjectival suffix
via Translingual km Step Language Word Meaning 1 Translingual km — 2 Translingual k Abbreviation of thousand 3 Translingual k- Abbreviation of kilo- 4 English kilo- API; In the International System of Units and... 5 French kilo- kilo 6 Ancient Greek χίλιοι thousand 7 Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi thousand 8 Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom thousand 9 Proto-Indo-European sm̥- one; with, together 10 Proto-Indo-European sem- together, one
via Translingual s̻ Step Language Word Meaning 1 Translingual s̻ — 2 English solid That can be picked up or held, having a texture,... 3 Middle French solidité — 4 Latin soliditas solidity 5 Latin solidus solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... 6 Proto-Italic soliðos — 7 Proto-Indo-European solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s entire 8 Proto-Indo-European solh₂- whole