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
Ancestry of “parsec”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | parsec | parallax second |
| 2 | English | parallax second | A unit of length, used in astronomy, defined as... |