mega-

Senso (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-.

Synonyms

mega

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M

M

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈmɛɡə/

Etimologia (English)

Cognate with latino: magnus

Cognate with sanscrito: मह

Cognate with gotico: 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃

Cognate with inglese antico: micel

Cognate with inglese medio: muchel

Cognate with inglese: much

Cognate with tedesco antico alto: mihhil

Cognate with norse antico: mikill

Cognate with danese: 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.