Etymology

megapascal

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Today it means: An SI unit of pressure equal to 10⁶ pascals. Symbol: MPa Full definition →

English pascal ← 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. Englishpascal
  6. English todaymegapascal

From mega- + pascal.

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