English

kilobar

From kilo- + bar.

A compound of kilo- + bar

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy

Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi ‘thousand’

Ancient Greek χίλιοι ‘one thousand’

English kilo-

Vulgar Latin *barra

Old French barre ‘beam, bar, gate, barrier’

Middle English barre

English bar

Today it means

noun A unit of pressure equal to 1,000 bars (Symbol: kb)

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