Where does “multitrillion” come from?
multitrillion (English) comes from English trillion, from French trillion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille.
multitrillion (English): Of more than two trillions
Definitions
- Of more than two trillions
Ancestry of “multitrillion”, step by step
multitrillion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trillion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trillion | A million million: 1 followed by twelve zeros,... |
| 2 | French | trillion | 10; a long scale trillion; a short scale... |
| 3 | French | -illion | illion |
| 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 | — |
via English multi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 2 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 3 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 4 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 5 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 6 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |