Where does “mikrosekunti” come from?
mikrosekunti (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.
mikrosekunti (Finnish): microsecond
Definitions
- microsecond
Ancestry of “mikrosekunti”, step by step
mikrosekunti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sekunti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sekunti | second |
| 2 | Swedish | sekund | second |
| 3 | Latin | secunda | inflection of secundus: ## feminine... |
| 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 |
via Finnish mikro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mikro | microwave, microwave oven; microcomputer |
| 2 | Finnish | mikroaaltouuni | A microwave oven |
| 3 | English | microwave oven | An oven that uses microwave-frequency energy to heat food or other items placed within it |