Etymograph

English

femtojoule

From femto- + joule.

A compound of femto- + joule

Proto-Germanic *fimftehun ‘fifteen’

Old Norse fimmtán ‘fifteen’

Danish femten ‘fifteen’

English femto-

Today it means

noun An SI unit of energy, work, and heat equal to 10⁻¹⁵ joules. Symbol: fJ

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

Etymograph / femtojoule