The story
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰesliyoy
- Proto-Hellenic*kʰehliyoi
- Ancient Greekχίλιοι (khílioi)
- Frenchkilo-
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
- Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
- Latinmetrum
- Frenchmètre
- Frenchkilomètre
- English todaykilometre
From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”); equivalent to kilo- + metre.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχίλιοι all →
chilia-kilo-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.