Etymograph

English

exasecond

From exa- + second.

A compound of exa- + second

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English exa-

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’

Proto-Italic *sekʷondo-

Latin secundus ‘following’

Old French second

Middle English secunde

English second

Today it means

noun An SI unit of time equal to 10¹⁸ seconds. Symbol: Es. (= 31 709 800 000 years, which is more time than has elapsed in the Universe, that is, since the Big Bang [about 13 800 000 000 years].)

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Etymograph / exasecond