Where does “multizillionaire” come from?
multizillionaire (English) comes from English zillionaire, from English -aire, from English millionaire, from French millionnaire, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione.
multizillionaire (English): A person with an enormous amount of money
Definitions
- A person with an enormous amount of money
Ancestry of “multizillionaire”, step by step
multizillionaire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English zillionaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | zillionaire | An incredibly rich person |
| 2 | English | -aire | One whose wealth exceeds a specific number of... |
| 3 | English | millionaire | A person whose net worth is at or greater than... |
| 4 | French | millionnaire | millionaire; Very rich |
| 5 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 6 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 7 | Old French | millon | — |
| 8 | Italian | milione | million |
| 9 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 10 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 12 | 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 |