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Where does “quintilió” come from?

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

quintilió (Catalan): quintillion , nonillion ; 10

Definitions

  1. quintillion , nonillion ; 10

Ancestry of “quintilió”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquintillion10; a quintillion by the long scale; a short...
2French-illion-illion
3Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon—
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīlle—
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “quintilió”

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