Etymology

picofarad

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Today it means: One million millionth (10⁻¹²) of a farad. Symbol: pF. Full definition →

English farad ← Irish Ó Fearadaigh ← Spanish pico
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The story

  1. Proto-Celtic*bekkos
  2. Gaulish*bekkosbor.?
  3. Latinbeccus
  4. Old Spanishbico
  5. Spanishpico
  6. Englishpico-
  7. IrishÓ Fearadaigh
  8. EnglishFaradayclip.
  9. Englishfarad
  10. English todaypicofarad

From pico- + farad.

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