Where does “kilounit” come from?

kilounit (English) comes from English unit, from English unite, from Middle English uniten, from Latin ūnītus, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

kilounit (English): A unit equal to one thousand of another unit

Definitions

  1. A unit equal to one thousand of another unit

Ancestry of “kilounit”, step by step

kilounit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English unit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunitOneness, singularity, seen as a component of a...
2EnglishuniteTo bring together as one; To come together as...
3Middle Englishunitento annex; to unite
4Latinūnītusunited
5Latinūniōa unity, union
6Latin-iō
7Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she

via English kilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkiloClipping of kilogram
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from Latin -iō