mega-
Significat (Anglès)
- (morpheme) Very large, great.
- (morpheme) In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (10⁶).
- (morpheme) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2²⁰ (= 1,048,576, the binary number closest to a million). Computing symbol: Mi.
- (morpheme) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹⁰ × 10³ (= 1,024,000, the binary round number closest to a million).
- (augmentative, morpheme, slang) Really, very, uber-, super-.
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈmɛɡə/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate with Latin magnus, Sanskrit मह (maha, “great, massive, large-scale, epic”), and with Germanic words: Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils), Old English micel, Middle English muchel, English much, Old High German mihhil, Old Norse mikill, Danish meget.
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