Where does “kilovato” come from?

kilovato (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto vato, from German Watte, from Dutch watten, from French ouate — cotton wool; first-person singular present...

kilovato (Esperanto): kilowatt

Definitions

  1. kilowatt

Ancestry of “kilovato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantovatocotton wool; watt
2GermanWattecotton wool
3Dutchwattencotton wool
4Frenchouatecotton wool; first-person singular present...
Every word from French ouate →Every word from Dutch watten →Every word from German Watte →