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
Ancestry of “megawatt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | megawatt | One million watts, abbreviated as MW |
| 2 | English | mega- | API; Very large, great; In the International... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μέγας | big, large; great, mighty, loud; marvelous,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂s | great |