Mega

Morpheme

Mega

Type

free base

Denotation

(1) large, great, mighty; (2) second order of 103, 106

Etymology

Ancient Greek mégas

Evidence

mega, megabase, megabit, megabyte, megacephalic, megacurie, megacycle, megadeath, megadonor, megadose, megadyne, megafauna, megaflop, megaflora, megagram, megahertz, megajoule, megalithic, megamind, megaparsec, megaphone, megapixel, megapode, megapolis, megastar, megastorm, megastructure, megatherium, megaton, megavolt, megawatt

Notes

International System of Units “Metric Prefix”

See Also

Meg