Etymograph

English

kilowattage

From kilo- + wattage.

Formed from kilo- + wattage

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy

Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi ‘thousand’

Ancient Greek χίλιοι ‘one thousand’

English kilo-

Today it means

noun An amount of power expressed in kilowatts.

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

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