Etymology

gigahertz

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Today it means: One billion hertz, 10⁹ Hz. Full definition →

English hertz ← Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas)
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The story

  1. Ancient GreekΓίγας (Gígas)
  2. Ancient Greekγίγας (gígas)
  3. Englishgiga-
  4. Englishhertz
  5. English todaygigahertz

From giga- + hertz.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.