Etymograph

English

kilogauss

From kilo- + gauss.

Formed from kilo- + gauss

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy

Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi ‘thousand’

Ancient Greek χίλιοι ‘one thousand’

English kilo-

Today it means

noun A unit of magnetic field equal to 1,000 gauss

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

Etymograph / kilogauss