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Where does “megamillionaire” come from?

megamillionaire (English) comes from English millionaire, from French millionnaire, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.

megamillionaire (English): A person who has many times more than one million...

Definitions

  1. A person who has many times more than one million...

Ancestry of “megamillionaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmillionaireA person whose net worth is at or greater than...
2Frenchmillionnairemillionaire; Very rich
3Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon—
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīlle—
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “megamillionaire”

  • megamillionairess
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →