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metro

Senso (Inglese)

Concetti

subway

métro

linea metropolitana

Frequenza

C1
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈmɛtɹəʊ/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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.

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