English
kilodalton
From kilo- + dalton.
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy
Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi ‘thousand’
Ancient Greek χίλιοι ‘one thousand’
English kilo-
Today it means
noun An atomic mass unit equal to 1,000 daltons; usually used to describe the molecular weight of large molecules such as proteins.
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Etymograph / kilodalton