Where does “gigajoule” come from?

gigajoule (Czech) comes from Czech giga-, from Ancient Greek Γίγας, from Ancient Greek Γίγᾱς.

gigajoule (Czech): gigajoule

Definitions

  1. gigajoule

Ancestry of “gigajoule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechgiga-giga
2Ancient GreekΓίγαςone of the Gigantes; a Gigas
3Ancient GreekΓίγᾱς—
Every word from Ancient Greek Γίγᾱς →Every word from Ancient Greek Γίγας →Every word from Czech giga- →
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