Where does “kilometro” come from?
kilometro (Yatzachi Zapotec) comes from Spanish kilómetro, from Spanish metro, from French métro, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις — fortification, city.
kilometro (Yatzachi Zapotec): kilometer, kilometre
Ancestry of “kilometro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | kilómetro | kilometre; kilometer |
| 2 | Spanish | metro | meter; measuring tape; ruler |
| 3 | French | métro | subway , underground , Tube; Someone from... |
| 4 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 5 | Latin | mētropolītānus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |