Where does “multigigacycle” come from?
multigigacycle (English) comes from English gigacycle, from English giga-, from English Chad, from English ICH, from English ichthyophthiriasis, from English Ichthyophthirius, from Ancient Greek ἰχθύς, from Ancient Greek ἀετός — bird.
multigigacycle (English): On the order of several gigacycles
Definitions
- On the order of several gigacycles
Ancestry of “multigigacycle”, step by step
multigigacycle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gigacycle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gigacycle | Synonym of gigahertz |
| 2 | English | giga- | In the International System of Units and other... |
| 3 | English | Chad | A very handsome, usually tall, man whom women... |
| 4 | English | ICH | Initialism of intracranial hemorrhage; Initialism... |
| 5 | English | ichthyophthiriasis | A parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused... |
| 6 | English | Ichthyophthirius | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἰχθύς | fish |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀετός | eagle; the constellation Aquila; omen |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ayyetós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewyetós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éwis | bird |
via English multi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 2 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 3 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 4 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 5 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 6 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |