Where does “yotta-” come from?

yotta- (Portuguese) comes from English yotta-, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώ — eight.

yotta- (Portuguese): yotta- (prefix of the International System of Units, with the symbol Y, which is equivalent to multiplying the unit affected by it by 1024)

Definitions

  1. yotta- (prefix of the International System of Units, with the symbol Y, which is equivalent to multiplying the unit affected by it by 1024)

Ancestry of “yotta-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishyotta-In the International System of Units and other...
2Ancient Greekὀκτώeight
Every word from Ancient Greek ὀκτώ →Every word from English yotta- →