Where does “megavolt” come from?
megavolt (Italian) comes from English megavolt, from English volt, from French volte, from Italian volta, from Vulgar Latin volta, from Latin volatus, from Latin volō, from Proto-Italic gʷelāō — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
megavolt (Italian): megavolt
Ancestry of “megavolt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | megavolt | One million volts, abbreviated as MV |
| 2 | English | volt | In the International System of Units, the derived... |
| 3 | French | volte | — |
| 4 | Italian | volta | time, instance, occasion; turn; vault |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | volta | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of voltum |
| 6 | Latin | volatus | flown, having been flown; flying; flight |
| 7 | Latin | volō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | gʷelāō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelh₁-éh₂-ye-ti | to throw, raise the arm |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |