Giga

Morpheme

Giga

Type

bound base

Denotation

(1) giant; (2) third order of 103, 109

Etymology

Ancient Greek gígas

Evidence

gigabarrel, gigabit, gigabyte, gigadalton, gigaflop, gigagram, gigahectare, gigahertz, gigajoule, gigaliter, gigameter, giganewton, gigaop, gigaparsec, gigapixel, gigasecond, gigaton, ‎gigawatt, gigaword, gigayacht

Notes

International System of Units “Metric Prefix”