by Tondoteottotote on July 29th, 2005

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What is the origin, the symbol, and the factor of the hecto- prefix?

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  • by VSPrasad on February 7th, 2008

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    Etymology:

    From Greek hekaton, hundred via French

    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hecto-

    http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861676242

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecto-

    "hecto" is from "hekaton" (one hundred) spoken by people of Greece starting about 1000 B.C.

    http://myword.info/sendword.php?hecto_1-a

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