Where does “kiloelectronvolt” come from?

kiloelectronvolt (English) comes from English electronvolt, from French électronvolt, from French volt, from English volt, from French volte, from Italian volta, from Vulgar Latin volta, from Latin volatus — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

kiloelectronvolt (English): A unit of energy equal to a thousand electron...

Definitions

  1. A unit of energy equal to a thousand electron...

Ancestry of “kiloelectronvolt”, step by step

kiloelectronvolt traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English electronvolt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishelectronvoltAlternative spelling of electron volt
2Frenchélectronvoltelectronvolt
3Frenchvoltvolt
4EnglishvoltIn the International System of Units, the derived...
5Frenchvolte
6Italianvoltatime, instance, occasion; turn; vault
7Vulgar Latinvoltanominative/accusative/vocative plural of voltum
8Latinvolatusflown, having been flown; flying; flight
9Latinvolōto wish, to please
10Proto-Italicgʷelāō
11Proto-Indo-Europeangʷelh₁-éh₂-ye-tito throw, raise the arm
12Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

via French kiloélectronvolt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchkiloélectronvoltkiloelectronvolt
2Frenchkilo-kilo
3Ancient Greekχίλιοιthousand
4Proto-Hellenic*kʰehliyoithousand
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰéslomthousand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via English kilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkiloClipping of kilogram
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-