Where does “метрополітенівський” come from?
метрополітенівський (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian метрополіте́н, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis — fortification, city.
метрополітенівський (Ukrainian): metro, subway, underground all
Definitions
- metro, subway, underground all
Ancestry of “метрополітенівський”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | метрополіте́н | metro, subway, underground |
| 2 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 3 | Latin | mētropolītānus | metropolitan |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |