metro
‘short term for metropolitan railway’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E.métro < F. métropolitain < La.Lat. metropolitanus < Gk. metropolis ‘mother city’ < meter ‘mother’ < mehtro < mater- < Tamil amma
metro
Technical words derived from 'metro'
optical clino metro - ஒளியியல் சரிவளவி; right metro anterior - வலது முன்னிலை மோவாய்.
English words of Tamil ammā connoting ‘mother’