Where does “multikilohertz” come from?
multikilohertz (English) comes from English kilohertz, from English Hertz, from German Hertz, from German Herz, from Middle High German herze, from Old High German herza, from Proto-West Germanic hertā, from Proto-Germanic hertô — heart.
multikilohertz (English): On the order of several kilohertz
Definitions
- On the order of several kilohertz
Ancestry of “multikilohertz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | kilohertz | A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles... |
| 2 | English | Hertz | Alternative letter-case form of hertz |
| 3 | German | Hertz | hertz; Obsolete spelling of Herz |
| 4 | German | Herz | heart; hearts; sweetheart, darling |
| 5 | Middle High German | herze | — |
| 6 | Old High German | herza | heart |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hertā | heart |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hertô | heart |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |