Where does “միլիարդ” come from?
միլիարդ (Armenian) comes from Russian миллиа́рд, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.
միլիարդ (Armenian): billion
Definitions
- billion
Ancestry of “միլիարդ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | миллиа́рд | billion, milliard (a short scale billion) (1,000,000,000, 109) |
| 2 | French | milliard | A milliard |
| 3 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 4 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 5 | Old French | millon | — |
| 6 | Italian | milione | million |
| 7 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 8 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |