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Where does “centillionth” come from?

centillionth (English) comes from English centillion, from English centi-, from French centi-, from Latin centi-, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom.

centillionth (English): The ordinal form of the number one centillion;...

Definitions

  1. The ordinal form of the number one centillion;...

Ancestry of “centillionth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcentillion10
2Englishcenti-API; hundred; one-hundredth; In the International...
3Frenchcenti-centi-
4Latincenti-one hundred-, hundred-; "indicates a count of one...
5Latincentuma hundred; 100
6Latinfoliuma leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper
7Proto-Italic*foljom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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