Talk:Pico-

Could someone add this link as a reference? Maybe to the other prefix articles too. http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Publications/appxc.cfm I'd imagine it'd give more weight to the article considering it's NIST. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.122.117.45 (talk) 14:26, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

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)

This article in different languages seems to alternative between Italian and Spanish origin of the word. I find it interesting, however, that the Spanish version of this article cites the Italian 'piccolo' as origin.

131.211.44.128 (talk) 12:58, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

The OED (3rd edition, 2006) says it's from the Spanish pico and has citations going back to 1915. That is of course before BIPM adopted it into the SI. --Heron (talk) 13:53, 18 September 2013 (UTC)