Where does “megajoule” come from?
megajoule (Czech) comes from Czech mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.
megajoule (Czech): megajoule
Ancestry of “megajoule”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | mega- | mega- |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μέγας | big, large; great, mighty, loud; marvelous,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂s | great |