English

kilolumen

From kilo- + lumen.

Formed from kilo- + lumen

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy

Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi ‘thousand’

Ancient Greek χίλιοι ‘one thousand’

English kilo-

Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’

Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥

Proto-Italic *louksmən

Latin lūmen ‘light, an opening’

English lumen

Today it means

noun A unit of luminous flux equal to one thousand lumens.

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

Etymograph / kilolumen