Where does “megawatt” come from?

megawatt (Italian) comes from English megawatt, from English mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

megawatt (Italian): megawatt

Definitions

  1. megawatt

Ancestry of “megawatt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmegawattOne million watts, abbreviated as MW
2Englishmega-API; Very large, great; In the International...
3Ancient Greekμέγαςbig, large; great, mighty, loud; marvelous,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Ancient Greek μέγας →Every word from English mega- →