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Where does “quadrilionèsim” come from?

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

quadrilionèsim (Catalan): quadrillionth ; septillionth

Definitions

  1. quadrillionth ; septillionth

Ancestry of “quadrilionèsim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanquadrilióquadrillion , septillion ; 10
2Frenchquadrillion10; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short...
3Middle Frenchquadrillionquadrillion
4French-illion-illion
5Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
7Old Frenchmillon—
8Italianmilionemillion
9Italianmillethousand
10LatinMīlle—
11Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
12Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →