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Where does “gigaflop” come from?

gigaflop (English) comes from English giga-, from English Chad, from English ICH, from English ichthyophthiriasis, from English Ichthyophthirius, from Ancient Greek ἰχθύς, from Ancient Greek ἀετός, from Proto-Hellenic ayyetós — bird.

gigaflop (English): A unit of measure for the calculating speed of a...

Definitions

  1. A unit of measure for the calculating speed of a...

Ancestry of “gigaflop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgiga-In the International System of Units and other...
2EnglishChadA very handsome, usually tall, man whom women...
3EnglishICHInitialism of intracranial hemorrhage; Initialism...
4EnglishichthyophthiriasisA parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused...
5EnglishIchthyophthirius—
6Ancient Greekἰχθύςfish
7Ancient Greekἀετόςeagle; the constellation Aquila; omen
8Proto-Hellenicayyetós—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewyetós—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird

Words derived from “gigaflop”

  • gigaflop
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