Where does “femtosekunti” come from?
femtosekunti (Finnish) comes from Finnish sekunti, from Swedish sekund, from Latin secunda, from Latin secundus, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
femtosekunti (Finnish): femtosecond
Ancestry of “femtosekunti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | sekunti | second |
| 2 | Swedish | sekund | second |
| 3 | Latin | secunda | inflection of secundus:
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| 4 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 5 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |