Where does “quinquinquagintillion” come from?

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

quinquinquagintillion (English): 10

Definitions

  1. 10

Ancestry of “quinquinquagintillion”, step by step

quinquinquagintillion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English quinquagintillion

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishquinquagintillion(US; modern British & Australian, short scale) 10153
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 quin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquinA quintuplet; A European scallop, "Pecten...
2IrishÓ Coinn—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →