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Where does “pico-” come from?

pico- (Dutch) comes from Italian piccolo, from Vulgar Latin pikk — little.

pico- (Dutch): pico-; Category Dutch words prefixed with API not...

Definitions

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Ancestry of “pico-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpiccolosmall; little; young
2Vulgar Latinpikklittle

Words derived from “pico-”

  • picoampère
  • pico-ohm
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