English

hectometre

From hecto- + metre.

A compound of hecto- + metre

Proto-Hellenic *hekətón ‘hundred’

Ancient Greek ἑκατόν ‘hundred’

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’

Ancient Greek μέτρον ‘measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre’

Latin metrum

French mètre ‘metre/meter’

English metre

Today it means

noun An SI unit of length equal to 100 metres. Symbol: hm

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Etymograph / hectometre