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Ancient Greek Γίγας (Gígas)

Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas)der.

English giga-

From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”); cognate to giant.

morpheme In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁹ (short scale billion or long scale milliard). giga- + watt → gigawatt ("one billion watts")
morpheme, proscribed, sometimes Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2³⁰ or 1,073,741,824.
morpheme, slang Augmenting an adjective; intensely, extremely, or to an exceptionally high degree. Wow, I am giga-jealous right now.
Internet, morpheme Used to augment nouns; denoting an invididual who is a paragon of something. giga- + Chad → gigachad