Etymology

picoamp

P3I1C3O1A1M3P3

Today it means: One million millionth (10⁻¹²) of an ampere. Symbol: pA. Full definition →

English amp ← Spanish pico ← Old Spanish bico
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The story

  1. Latinbeccus
  2. Old Spanishbico
  3. Spanishpico
  4. Englishpico-
  5. Englishamp
  6. English todaypicoamp

From pico- + amp.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.