Where does “kiloroentgen” come from?

kiloroentgen (English) comes from English kilo — Clipping of kilogram.

kiloroentgen (English): A unit equal to 1,000 roentgens

Definitions

  1. A unit equal to 1,000 roentgens

Ancestry of “kiloroentgen”, step by step

kiloroentgen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English kilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkiloClipping of kilogram

via English Roentgen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRoentgen—
Every word from English kilo →