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Where does “multibillions” come from?

multibillions (English) comes from English billions, from English billion, from French billion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione.

multibillions (English): More than one billion of something, especially...

Definitions

  1. More than one billion of something, especially...

Ancestry of “multibillions”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbillionsplural of billion
2Englishbillioncardinal...
3Frenchbillion10; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion
4French-illion-illion
5Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
7Old Frenchmillon—
8Italianmilionemillion
9Italianmillethousand
10LatinMīlle—
11Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
12Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →