Where does “parsec” come from?

parsec (Portuguese) comes from English parsec, from English parallax second — A unit of length, used in astronomy, defined as...

parsec (Portuguese): parsec a unit of length, about 3.26 lightyears

Definitions

  1. parsec a unit of length, about 3.26 lightyears

Ancestry of “parsec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishparsecparallax second
2Englishparallax secondA unit of length, used in astronomy, defined as...
Every word from English parallax second →Every word from English parsec →