English

kilotonnage

From kilo- + tonnage.

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy

Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi ‘thousand’

Ancient Greek χίλιοι ‘one thousand’

English kilo-

Old French tonnage

Today it means

noun The destructive power of an explosive, measured in kilotons.

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

Etymograph / kilotonnage