Where does “kilocurie” come from?

kilocurie (English) comes from English Curie, from French Curie, from Latin curia, from Latin coviria — male community.

kilocurie (English): A unit equal to 1,000 curies

Definitions

  1. A unit equal to 1,000 curies

Ancestry of “kilocurie”, step by step

kilocurie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Curie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCuriea surname
2FrenchCurieespecially referring to Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie
3Latincuriacourt; senate or meeting house; nominative plural...
4Latincoviriamale community

via English kilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkiloClipping of kilogram
Every word from Latin coviria →Every word from Latin curia →Every word from French Curie →