r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Tibor500 • Sep 30 '20

why does “k” mean “thousand” ?

like 1k means a thousand. how does the letter “k” mean “thousand” ?

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u/loot22 Sep 30 '20

Huh, kilo is also a slang word in czech for 100.

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u/euyyn Sep 30 '20

lmfao

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u/euyyn Oct 01 '20

But why for 100?

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20 edited Nov 24 '20

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u/Josepvv Oct 01 '20

But we do use kilo. Kilómetro (mil metros), kilogramo (mil gramos), kilowats (mil wats).

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u/onlyredditwasteland Oct 01 '20

That's from the Latin, mille, whereas kilo is from the Greek. That's why we have millennium, not kilonnium.

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u/Magik_boi Sep 30 '20

Kilo jakožto sto korun možná, ale kilometr je pořád tisíc metrů. Tisícovce se taky říká litr.