English
kilogramme
Kilogramme comes from French kilogramme ‘kilogram’, from gramme ‘gram’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek γράμμα ‘a small weight’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγράμμα‘a small weight’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgramme‘gram’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentkilogramme‘kilogram’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγράμμα‘a small weight’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgramme‘gram’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentkilogramme‘kilogram’
- Englishtodaysame form
Equivalent to kilo- + gramme
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy
Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi ‘thousand’
Ancient Greek χίλιοι ‘one thousand’
English kilo-
Linked words
through Ancient Greek γράμμα ‘a small weight’
through French gramme ‘gram’
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek γράμμα / kilogramme