kilo-

thousand

Greek · chilioi (χίλιοι)

Greek chilioi means "thousand". Kilo- is a metric prefix meaning 1,000: a kilogram is 1,000 grams, a kilometer is 1,000 meters, a kilowatt is 1,000 watts, a kilobyte about 1,000 bytes.

Memory trick

KILO sounds like "kill-OH": a thousand tiny grams make one.

Words from this root

kilogram (kilo + gram) — 1,000 gramsकिलोग्राम
kilometer (kilo + meter) — 1,000 metersकिलोमीटर
kilowatt (kilo + watt) — 1,000 watts of powerकिलोवाट
kilobyte (kilo + byte) — about 1,000 bytes of dataकिलोबाइट
kiloliter (kilo + liter) — 1,000 litersकिलोलीटर
kilohertz (kilo + hertz) — 1,000 cycles per secondकिलोहर्ट्ज़
kilocalorie (kilo + calorie) — 1,000 calories, food energyकिलोकैलोरी
kilojoule (kilo + joule) — 1,000 joules of energyकिलोजूल
kiloton (kilo + ton) — 1,000 tonsकिलोटन
kilovolt (kilo + volt) — 1,000 voltsकिलोवोल्ट
kilobit (kilo + bit) — 1,000 bitsकिलोबिट
kilopascal (kilo + pascal) — 1,000 pascals of pressureकिलोपास्कल