Etymology

mega-watt

Today it means: One million (10⁶) watts, abbreviated as MW. Full definition →

English watt ← Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs) ← Proto-Hellenic *mégas
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mégas
  3. Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
  4. Englishmega-
  5. Englishwatt
  6. English todaymega-watt

From mega- + watt.

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