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Where does “kilocycle” come from?

kilocycle (English) comes from English kilo-, from French kilo-, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι, from Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

kilocycle (English): A thousand cycles; A thousand cycles per second;...

Definitions

  1. A thousand cycles; A thousand cycles per second;...

Ancestry of “kilocycle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishkilo-API; In the International System of Units and...
2Frenchkilo-kilo-
3Ancient Greekχίλιοιthousand
4Proto-Hellenic*kʰehliyoi—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰéslomthousand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “kilocycle”

  • multikilocycle
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