Etymograph

English

kilopond

Kilopond comes from Latin pondus ‘weight’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénd-os.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)pénd-osreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pondosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpondus‘weight’
  4. Englishtodaykilopond

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)pénd-osreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pondosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpondus‘weight’
  4. Englishtodaykilopond

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *pondos

ponderosa, ponderous, 4 more

through Latin pondus ‘weight’

penny, pound, ponder, 10 more

Today it means

noun A gravitational metric unit of force equal to the magnitude of the force exerted by a mass of one kilogram in the standard gravity (i.e. at the surface of the earth).

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénd-os / kilopond

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