If Million is ‘M’ and Billion is ‘B’, Why is Thousand ‘K’? – News18
The French shortened ‘khilioi’ to ‘kilo’, which is how terms like kilometre and kilogram came into the world. (News18 Hindi) The ‘K’ originates from the Greek word ‘khilioi’, meaning ‘thousand’. The French later shortened ‘khilioi’ to ‘kilo’, which is how we got ‘kilometre’ and ‘kilogram’. Soon, the abbreviated form ‘K’ gained widespread use ‘M’ is…