Where does “mmHg” come from?
mmHg (Translingual) comes from Translingual Hg, from Latin hydrargyrus, from Ancient Greek ὑδράργυρος, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ, from Proto-Hellenic *údōr.
Ancestry of “mmHg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Hg | mercury |
| 2 | Latin | hydrargyrus | quicksilver , mercury |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὑδράργυρος | quicksilver artificially prepared from cinnabar... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὕδωρ | water; rainwater, rain; sweat |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *údōr | — |