Talk:Pico-

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Removed this line: "Confirmed in 1960, it comes from the Italian piccolo, meaning small." as every source I can find on the subject cites the spanish. Also, etymonline.com cites the date of adoption as 1952; if 1960 is the more official date, apologies and please revert.

Confuseddave 10:43, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, http://www.industrie.gouv.fr/metro/aquoisert/etymol.htm is clear on the Italian origin. Note the acknowledgement of the previous director of the BIPM at the bottom. See also http://www.crg.ulaval.ca/Journal/2003_juin/journal.asp?page=Lingouistique. As for the date, there is no doubt pico was adopted/confirmed in 1960; the only mention of a previous date in the BIPM papers is 1958, when, apparently, the CIPM met to discuss the prefixes. What are your sources?

Urhixidur 03:29, 17 September 2006 (UTC)