millisecond

millisecond

‘one thousandth of a second’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    Lat. mille‘thousand’ + second < milee < Tamil āyiram

kilo-

kilobyte

kilocalorie

kilocycle

kilogram

kilojoule

kilolitre

kilometre

kiloton

kilowatt

chiliad

chiliasm

billion

billionaire

milli-

millibar

million

milligram

milliliter

millimeter

millionfold

millionth

millionaire

mil

milfoil

mill

milliard

millenary

millenarian

millipede

millennium

quintillion

septillion

sextillion

trillion