metro

metro · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμήτηρ“mother”
2. French · borrowed frommétro
3. English todaymetro

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain (from Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”)), as in the Chemin de fer métropolitain, an early name for the Paris Métro. This name was a direct translation of "Metropolitan Railway", which was the original name of the earliest part of the London Underground, constructed in 1863.

metro · noun, adjective²

Clipping of metropolitan.

Metro · proper noun³

1. Indonesian · derived fromMetro
2. English todayMetro

From Indonesian Metro.