Where does “megampere” come from?

megampere (English) comes from English ampère, from French Ampère, from Occitan emperi, from Latin imperium, from Latin imperāre, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

megampere (English): A unit of electrical current, equal to a million...

Definitions

  1. A unit of electrical current, equal to a million...

Ancestry of “megampere”, step by step

megampere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ampère

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishampèreAlternative spelling of ampere
2FrenchAmpèreknown for
3Occitanemperiempire
4LatinimperiumThe empire, state, imperial government, realm,...
5Latinimperāre
6Latinparāre
7Latinparōto arrange, order, contrive, design
8Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
9Proto-Italicpektos
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
11Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

via English mega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmegaVery large; great; excellent
2Ancient Greekμέγαςbig, large; great, mighty, loud; marvelous,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
Every word from English polyethylene glycolEvery word from Proto-Indo-European peg-Every word from Proto-Italic pektos