Zetta

Morpheme

Zetta

Type

bound base

Denotation

seventh order of 103, 1021

Etymology

z to avoid confusion with second + sept and hepta, from Latin septem and Ancient Greek heptá, with -o on analogy of micro- (<Micr + -o->) and smaller

Evidence

zettaampere, zettabit, zettabyte, zettaflop, zettagram, zettahertz, zettametre, zettaparsec, zettasecond, zettaton

Notes

International System of Units “Metric Prefix”