Etymograph

English

exaton

From exa- + ton.

A compound of exa- + ton

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English exa-

English tun ‘cask’

English ton

Today it means

noun A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quintillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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