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Where does “octillionth” come from?

octillionth (English) comes from English octillion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.

octillionth (English): The ordinal form of the number octillion; The...

Definitions

  1. The ordinal form of the number octillion; The...

Ancestry of “octillionth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoctillionA thousand trillion trillion, a billion billion...
2French-illion-illion
3Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon—
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīlle—
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →