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Where does “megabit” come from?

megabit (Italian) comes from English megabit, from English bit, from Middle English bitte, from Old English byt, from Proto-Germanic *buttjā, from Latin buttia, from Ancient Greek βούττιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

megabit (Italian): megabit

Definitions

  1. megabit

Ancestry of “megabit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmegabit10 = 1,000,000 bits or 125,000 bytes; 2 =...
2EnglishbitA piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and...
3Middle Englishbitte—
4Old Englishbyt—
5Proto-Germanic*buttjā—
6Latinbuttia—
7Ancient Greekβούττιον—
8Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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