quilo-

Borrowed from French kilo-, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”).

• kilo-

quilo-

1. kilo- (SI prefix expressing 10³ of the base unit)

• The letter k is not normally used in Catalan. Instead, Catalan orthography calls for using the qu digraph to represent the /k/ sound before an e or an i. Therefor, when the metric system was introduced into Catalan, the prefix kilo- was originally spelled quilo-. With the advent of k as a standard international abbreviation, usage of kilo- has become not only acceptable, but also more common than the traditional spelling. However, traditionalists still insist upon the use of quilo-.

From Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip, edge”).

quilo- (before a vowel quil-)

1. cheilo- (combining form used in scientific neologisms to indicate the lips or an edge)

• quiloplàstia (“cheiloplasty”)

From Ancient Greek χυλός (khulós, “secretion, bile”).

quilo- (before a vowel quil-)

1. chole- (combining form used in scientific neologisms to indicate bile)

• quilopericardi (“presence of bile in the pericardial fluid”)

• col- (“relating to bile”)
• quil (“bile”)

• “quilo-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

quilo-

1. kilo-

From

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• “quilo-”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

• kilo-

quilo-

1. kilo- (10³)

quilo-

1. Alternative spelling of kilo-

• “quilo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10