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Where does “submillisecond” come from?

submillisecond (English) comes from English millisecond, from English second, from Middle French seconder, from Latin secundo, from Latin secundus, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor — to follow; to see; to say.

submillisecond (English): Lasting less than a millisecond

Definitions

  1. Lasting less than a millisecond

Ancestry of “submillisecond”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmillisecondOne one-thousandth of a second. Symbol: ms
2EnglishsecondNumber-two; following after the first one with...
3Middle Frenchseconder—
4Latinsecundodative masculine singular of secundus; dative...
5Latinsecundussecond, the ordinal number after prīmus and...
6LatinsequorI follow, come or go after
7Proto-Italicsekʷōrfollow, come/go after
8Proto-Indo-Europeansékʷetorto be following
9Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
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