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Where does “multi-million” come from?

multi-million (English) comes from English million, from Middle English milioun, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī.

multi-million (English): Alternative spelling of multimillion

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of multimillion

Ancestry of “multi-million”, step by step

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