Etymology

piconewton

P3I1C3O1N1E1W4T1O1N1

Today it means: An SI unit of force equal to 10⁻¹² newtons. Symbol: pN Full definition →

English newton ← Spanish pico ← Old Spanish bico
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The story

  1. Latinbeccus
  2. Old Spanishbico
  3. Spanishpico
  4. Englishpico-
  5. Englishnewton
  6. English todaypiconewton

From pico- + newton.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.