Where does “million” come from?
Million comes from Italian milione, formed from Italian mille (thousand) plus the augmentative suffix -one, ultimately derived from Latin mille meaning thousand.
million (English): The cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand...
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- The cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand...
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