Sunday, 18 November 2012

omega =أوميغا


omega =أوميغا (trademark)

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

omega
c.1400, from Medieval Greek omega, from classical Greek o mega "big 'o' " (in contrast to o micron "little 'o' "); so called because the vowel was long in ancient Greek. From mega (see mega-). The final letter of the Greek alphabet, hence used figuratively for "the last, final" of anything (cf. Rev. i:8),



mega-
before vowels meg-, prefix often meaning "large, great," but in precise scientific language "one million" (megaton, megawatt, etc.), from Gk. megas "great, large, vast, big, high, tall; mighty, important" (fem. megale), from PIE *meg- "great" (cf. L. magnus, O.E. micel; see mickle). Mega began to be used alone as an adjective by 1982.


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