English

kilosecond

From kilo- + second.

A compound of kilo- + second

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy

Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi ‘thousand’

Ancient Greek χίλιοι ‘one thousand’

English kilo-

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’

Proto-Italic *sekʷondo-

Latin secundus ‘following’

Old French second

Middle English secunde

Today it means

noun An SI unit of time equal to 10³ seconds. Symbol: ks. (= 16.666̄̄ minutes)

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

Etymograph / kilosecond