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Where does “infillion” come from?

infillion (English) comes from English -illion, from English million, from Middle English milioun, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.

infillion (English): An unspecified large number

Definitions

  1. An unspecified large number

Ancestry of “infillion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-illionCombined with Latin prefixes for names of...
2EnglishmillionThe cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand...
3Middle Englishmilioun—
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon—
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīlle—
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →