Where does “Megajoule” come from?

Megajoule (German) comes from German mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

Megajoule (German): megajoule

Definitions

  1. megajoule

Ancestry of “Megajoule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmega-mega
2Ancient Greekμέγαςbig, large; great, mighty, loud; marvelous,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Ancient Greek μέγας →Every word from German mega- →