Where does “megagauss” come from?

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

megagauss (English): A unit equal to one million gauss

Definitions

  1. A unit equal to one million gauss

Ancestry of “megagauss”, step by step

megagauss 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 Gauss

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGaussmost commonly referring to German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855)
2GermanGauß—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Ancient Greek μέγας →Every word from English mega →