Where does “octovigintillion” come from?

octovigintillion (English) comes from English vigintillion, from English -illion, from English million, from Middle English milioun, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille.

octovigintillion (English): 1087

Definitions

  1. 1087

Ancestry of “octovigintillion”, step by step

octovigintillion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English vigintillion

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvigintillionOriginally, in accordance with the long scale,...
2English-illionCombined with Latin prefixes for names of...
3EnglishmillionThe cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand...
4Middle EnglishmiliounThe cardinal number 1 000 000: 106; a thousand thousand
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīllethousand; 1000
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂

via English octo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoctoAn octopus
2EnglishoctopusAny of several marine molluscs of the family...
3Latinoctopūsoctopus
4Ancient Greekὀκτώπουςeight-footed; octopus
5Ancient Greekπούςfoot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslīEvery word from Latin Mīlle
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