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Where does “multimegaton” come from?

multimegaton (English) comes from English megaton, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu.

multimegaton (English): Of several megatons

Definitions

  1. Of several megatons

Ancestry of “multimegaton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmegatonA measure of the strength of an explosion or a...
2EnglishtonA unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000...
3FrenchtonYour, thy; Tone; Tone, shade
4Old Frenchtonyour
5Latintuusyour
6Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
7Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
8Polishtuhere
9Polishbyćto be
10Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
11Old Polishmóc—
12Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis—
14Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-—
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