Where does “megaflop” come from?
megaflop (English) comes from English megaflops, from English mega, from Ancient Greek μέγας, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.
megaflop (English): megaflops; A major flop; a film or other...
Definitions
- megaflops; A major flop; a film or other...
Ancestry of “megaflop”, step by step
megaflop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English megaflops
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | megaflops | a measure of the speed of a computer; one million... |
| 2 | English | mega | Very large; great; excellent |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μέγας | big, large; great, mighty, loud; marvelous,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂s | great |
via English FLOP
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | FLOP | Synonym of flop |
| 2 | English | floating-point operation | Alternative form of floating point operation |