- 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.
-
-