Where does “exaparsec” come from?

exaparsec (English) comes from English exa-, from Ancient Greek ἕξ, from Proto-Hellenic hwéks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

exaparsec (English): An astronomical unit of distance equal to 1018 parsecs

Definitions

  1. An astronomical unit of distance equal to 1018 parsecs

Ancestry of “exaparsec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishexa-API; In the International System of Units and...
2Ancient Greekἕξsix
3Proto-Hellenichwékscardinal...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →