Etymology

femtobecquerel

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Today it means: An SI unit of radioactive activity equal to 10⁻¹⁵ becquerels. Symbol: f Full definition →

English becquerel ← Danish femten ← Old Norse fimmtán
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
  2. Proto-Germanic*fimf
  3. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  4. Proto-Germanic*tehun
  5. Proto-Germanic*fimftehun
  6. Old Norsefimmtán
  7. Danishfemten
  8. Englishfemto-
  9. Englishbecquerel
  10. English todayfemtobecquerel

From femto- + becquerel.

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