Transfromers: More Than Meets the Eye
by Michael White
Megatron
Mega = “great, large, mighty,” but in precise scientific language “one million” (megaton, megawatt, etc.)
Tron: from Latin ‘thronos’ = “throne, seat, law”
(O)mega
End
Conclusion
Termination
Finish
Period
Last
Final
Optimus Prime
Optimus = “most favorable, best”
[(Pri)me] = first, before, former, superior > verb - to fill, charge, load
or
[(Pre) (me = self, man, I)]
Further:
Op(s) = to see, related to “eye” / power, resources
Tumus = conditions most favorable
Opt = to choose, desire
Imus: from animus, "temper" (usually in a hostile sense), from Latin anima = “living, soul, mind, disposition, passion, courage anger, feeling.