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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]