Etymology

picosiemens

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Today it means: An SI unit of electrical conductance equal to 10⁻¹² siemens. Full definition →

English siemens ← Spanish pico ← Old Spanish bico
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The story

  1. Latinbeccus
  2. Old Spanishbico
  3. Spanishpico
  4. Englishpico-
  5. Englishsiemens
  6. English todaypicosiemens

From pico- + siemens.

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