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Where does “quintilionèsim” come from?

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

quintilionèsim (Catalan): quintillionth ; nonillionth

Definitions

  1. quintillionth ; nonillionth

Ancestry of “quintilionèsim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanquintilióquintillion , nonillion ; 10
2Frenchquintillion10; a quintillion by the long scale; a short...
3French-illion-illion
4Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīlle—
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →