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Where does “quadrillion” come from?

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

quadrillion (English): A thousand trillion : 1 followed by fifteen...

Definitions

  1. A thousand trillion : 1 followed by fifteen...

Ancestry of “quadrillion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquadrillion10; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short...
2Middle Frenchquadrillionquadrillion
3French-illion-illion
4Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīlle—
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “quadrillion”

  • quadrillionth
  • quadrillionfold
  • ratus kuadrilion
  • ڤولوه کوادريليون
  • کوادريليون
  • puluh kuadrilion
  • kuadrilion
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →