Etymology

microfarad

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Today it means: One millionth ( 10⁻⁶ ) of a farad (a unit of capacitance). Full definition →

English farad ← Irish Ó Fearadaigh ← Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. IrishÓ Fearadaigh
  6. EnglishFaradayclip.
  7. Englishfarad
  8. English todaymicrofarad

From micro- + farad.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.