Where does “centibillion” come from?

centibillion (English) comes from English billion, from French billion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille.

centibillion (English): Hundred billion

Definitions

  1. Hundred billion

Ancestry of “centibillion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbillioncardinal...
2Frenchbillion10; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion
3French-illionillion
4Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīllethousand; 1000
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂