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Where does “bilió” come from?

bilió (Catalan) comes from French billion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.

bilió (Catalan): billion , trillion ; 10; 1,000,000,000,000

Definitions

  1. billion , trillion ; 10; 1,000,000,000,000

Ancestry of “bilió”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbillion10; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion
2French-illion-illion
3Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon—
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīlle—
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “bilió”

  • bilionèsim
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →