Where does “multimillionairess” come from?
multimillionairess (English) comes from English multimillionaire, from English millionaire, from French millionnaire, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille.
multimillionairess (English): A female multimillionaire
Definitions
- A female multimillionaire
Ancestry of “multimillionairess”, step by step
multimillionairess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English multimillionaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multimillionaire | A person whose net worth is two or more million... |
| 2 | English | millionaire | A person whose net worth is at or greater than... |
| 3 | French | millionnaire | millionaire; Very rich |
| 4 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 5 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 6 | Old French | millon | — |
| 7 | Italian | milione | million |
| 8 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 9 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |