Where does “megaunit” come from?
megaunit (English) comes from English unit, from English unite, from Middle English uniten, from Latin ūnītus, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
megaunit (English): A unit equal to one million of another unit
Definitions
- A unit equal to one million of another unit
Ancestry of “megaunit”, step by step
megaunit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unit | Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a... |
| 2 | English | unite | To bring together as one; To come together as... |
| 3 | Middle English | uniten | to annex; to unite |
| 4 | Latin | ūnītus | united |
| 5 | Latin | ūniō | a unity, union |
| 6 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |