Where does “bilvilves” come from?

bilvilves (Cornish) comes from Cornish bilvil, from English billion, from French billion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione.

bilvilves (Cornish): billionth

Definitions

  1. billionth

Ancestry of “bilvilves”, step by step

bilvilves traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish bilvil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishbilvilbillion, milliard
2Englishbillioncardinal...
3Frenchbillion10; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion
4French-illionillion
5Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
7Old Frenchmillon
8Italianmilionemillion
9Italianmillethousand
10LatinMīllethousand; 1000
11Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
12Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂

via Cornish ves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishves
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
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