Where does “megaelectronvolt” come from?
megaelectronvolt (Romanian) comes from French mégaélectronvolt, from French électronvolt, from French volt, from English volt, from French volte, from Italian volta, from Vulgar Latin volta, from Latin volatus — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
megaelectronvolt (Romanian): megaelectron volt
Definitions
- megaelectron volt
Ancestry of “megaelectronvolt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mégaélectronvolt | megaelectron volt |
| 2 | French | électronvolt | electronvolt |
| 3 | French | volt | volt |
| 4 | English | volt | In the International System of Units, the derived... |
| 5 | French | volte | — |
| 6 | Italian | volta | time, instance, occasion; turn; vault |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | volta | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of voltum |
| 8 | Latin | volatus | flown, having been flown; flying; flight |
| 9 | Latin | volō | to wish, to please |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | gʷelāō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelh₁-éh₂-ye-ti | to throw, raise the arm |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |