English
kibi-
Blend of kilo- + binary.
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy
Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi ‘thousand’
Ancient Greek χίλιοι ‘one thousand’
English kilo-
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ‘two’
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Proto-Italic *dwiznos
Latin bīnus ‘occurring twice, twofold, double, binary’
Late Latin bīnāriu
Middle English binarie
English binary
Today it means
prefix The IEC prefix meaning 2¹⁰ = 1024.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / kibi-