They roughly have the same meaning in the languages they were borrowed from, Latin[1] and Greek[2] respectively. Yeah it's random, but established at this poin

They roughly have the same meaning in the languages they were borrowed from, Latin[1] and Greek[2] respectively. Yeah it's random, but established at this point. The radio bands aren't much better[3] with their Very High Frequency (VHF), Ultra High Frequency (UHF) and Super High Frequency (SHF) and Extremely High Frequency (EHF). [1]: https://www.etymonline.com/word/super- https://www.etymonline.com/word/super- [2]: https://www.etymonline.com/word/hyper- https://www.etymonline.com/word/hyper- [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_spectrum#ITU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_spectrum#ITU