Where does “millikaarisekunti” come from?
millikaarisekunti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaarisekunti, from Finnish sekunti, from Swedish sekund, from Latin secunda, from Latin secundus, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor — to follow; to see; to say.
millikaarisekunti (Finnish): milliarcsecond
Definitions
- milliarcsecond
Ancestry of “millikaarisekunti”, step by step
millikaarisekunti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaarisekunti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaarisekunti | arcsecond |
| 2 | Finnish | sekunti | second |
| 3 | Swedish | sekund | second |
| 4 | Latin | secunda | inflection of secundus: ## feminine... |
| 5 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 6 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
via Finnish milli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | milli | millimetre/millimeter; million; used chiefly of... |