Where does “demibillionaire” come from?
demibillionaire (English) comes from English billionaire, from English billion, from French billion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione.
demibillionaire (English): A person who has a half a billion dollars, pounds or other currency
Definitions
- A person who has a half a billion dollars, pounds or other currency
Ancestry of “demibillionaire”, step by step
demibillionaire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English billionaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | billionaire | Somebody whose wealth is greater than one billion... |
| 2 | English | billion | cardinal... |
| 3 | French | billion | 10; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion |
| 4 | French | -illion | illion |
| 5 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 6 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 7 | Old French | millon | — |
| 8 | Italian | milione | million |
| 9 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 10 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |
via English demi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | demi | Alternative spelling of demy; A fifty pence... |
| 2 | Middle English | demi | half, half-sized, partial |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | demi | half |
| 4 | Latin | dīmidius | half |
| 5 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |