Where does “megabuck” come from?
megabuck (English) comes from English megabucks, from English mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.
megabuck (English): A million dollars
Ancestry of “megabuck”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | megabucks | Collectively, a very large amount of money;... |
| 2 | English | mega- | API; Very large, great; In the International... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μέγας | big, large; great, mighty, loud; marvelous,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂s | great |
Words derived from “megabuck”