Etymology

picokatal

P3I1C3O1K5A1T1A1L1

Today it means: An SI unit of catalytic activity equal to 10⁻¹² katals. Symbol: p Full definition →

English katal ← Spanish pico ← Old Spanish bico
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The story

  1. Latinbeccus
  2. Old Spanishbico
  3. Spanishpico
  4. Englishpico-
  5. Englishkatal
  6. English todaypicokatal

From pico- + katal.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.