Morpheme
Pico
Type
bound base
Denotation
(1) fourth order of 10-3, 10-12; (2) sizes between 0.2 and 2.0 μm; (3) beak, little bit, speck
Etymology
Spanish pico; Old Spanish bico but influenced by picar; Latin beccus
Evidence
picoalga, picoammeter, picoamp, picoampere, picoautotroph, picobar, picobarn, picobiliphyte, picocellular, picocoulomb, picocurie, picocyanobacterium, picodroplet, picoeconomics, picoeukaryote, picofarad, picoflagellate, picogram, picoindentation, picoinjector, picojoule, picokatal, picokelvin, picoliter, picometer, picomol, picomole, piconewton, picophotoautotroph, picophototroph, picophytoplankton, picopipette, picoplankton, picoprasinophyte, picoprokaryote, picoradian, picornavirus, picoscale, picosecond, picosignal, picotechnology, picotiter, picovolt, picowatt
Notes
International System of Units “Metric Prefix”
