What does kilo mean?
Kilo means a thousand.
What does kilo metre mean?
Kilometre means a thousand metre.
What does metre mean?
Metre is a way to measure.
How metre was invented?
Metre came from a Greek word metron that ment measure. It wasdefind by the French National Assembly, they said that metre ment a measurement, between the Earth to the North Pole or measurement. In French metre was metre was metre. In English metre was meter. Now metre means a standard way of measurement.
Taken From:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre and www.dozenalsociety.org.uk/history/historicalunits.html-6k
