Where does “megadalton” come from?

megadalton (English) comes from English Dalton, from Old English dæl, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

megadalton (English): A unit equal to one million daltons

Definitions

  1. A unit equal to one million daltons

Ancestry of “megadalton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDaltona former unit of atomic mass equivalent to 1/16...
2Old Englishdælpart; valley
3Proto-West Germanicdailipart
4Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dailiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic daili →