Etymograph

English

kilotex

kilo- + tex

Formed from kilo- + tex

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 gram per meter, a unit of linear mass density for thread or fiber.

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

Etymograph / kilotex