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Where does “quadrilió” come from?

quadrilió (Catalan) comes from French quadrillion, from Middle French quadrillion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille.

quadrilió (Catalan): quadrillion , septillion ; 10

Definitions

  1. quadrillion , septillion ; 10

Ancestry of “quadrilió”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquadrillion10; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short...
2Middle Frenchquadrillionquadrillion
3French-illion-illion
4Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīlle—
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “quadrilió”

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