Where does “megaflops” come from?

megaflops (English) comes from English mega, from Ancient Greek μέγας, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

megaflops (English): a measure of the speed of a computer; one million...

Definitions

  1. a measure of the speed of a computer; one million...

Ancestry of “megaflops”, step by step

megaflops traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmegaVery large; great; excellent
2Ancient Greekμέγαςbig, large; great, mighty, loud; marvelous,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via English FLOPS

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFLOPSSynonym of flop

Words derived from “megaflops

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s
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