Etymology

picowatt

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Today it means: One million millionth (10⁻¹²) of a watt, abbreviated as pW. Full definition →

English watt ← Spanish pico ← Old Spanish bico
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The story

  1. Latinbeccus
  2. Old Spanishbico
  3. Spanishpico
  4. Englishpico-
  5. Englishwatt
  6. English todaypicowatt

From pico- + watt.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.