Where does “parsek” come from?

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

parsek (Turkish): parsec

Definitions

  1. parsec

Ancestry of “parsek”, step by step

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