mega-

Significado (English)

1. Very large, great.
2. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (10⁶.) SI Symbol: M.
3. Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2²⁰ (= 1,048,576, the binary number closest to a million). Computing symbol: Mi.
4. Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹⁰ × 10³ (= 1,024,000, the binary round number closest to a million).
5. (slang) Really, very, uber-, super-.

Conceptos

mega-

Synonyms

mega

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M

M

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈmɛɡə/

Etimología (English)

Cognate with latín: magnus

Cognate with sánscrito: मह

Cognate with gótico: 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃

Cognate with inglés antiguo: micel

Cognate with inglés medio: muchel

Cognate with inglés: much

Cognate with alto alemán antiguo: mihhil

Cognate with nórdico antiguo: mikill

Cognate with danés: meget

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.