Where does “subpicosecond” come from?
subpicosecond (English) comes from English picosecond, from English pico-, from Spanish pico, from Old Spanish bico, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
subpicosecond (English): Describing durations shorter than a picosecond
Definitions
- Describing durations shorter than a picosecond
Ancestry of “subpicosecond”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | picosecond | An SI unit of time equal to 10−12 seconds.... |
| 2 | English | pico- | API; In the International System of Units and... |
| 3 | Spanish | pico | beak; sharp point; pick, pickaxe |
| 4 | Old Spanish | bico | — |
| 5 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 6 | Latin | -āceus | — |
| 7 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |