Etymology

megalitre

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Today it means: A unit of volume equivalent to 1,000,000 litres. Symbol: ML or Ml. Full definition →

English litre ← Spanish litre ← Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mégas
  3. Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
  4. Englishmega-
  5. Spanishlitre
  6. Englishlitre
  7. English todaymegalitre

From mega- + litre.

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