English

kilocurie

From kilo- + curie.

Formed from kilo- + curie

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy

Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi ‘thousand’

Ancient Greek χίλιοι ‘one thousand’

English kilo-

French curie

English curie

Today it means

noun A unit equal to 1,000 curies.

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Etymograph / kilocurie