Where does “sextillion” come from?

sextillion (English) comes from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī.

sextillion (English): A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 10; A...

Definitions

  1. A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 10; A...

Ancestry of “sextillion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-illionillion
2Frenchmillionmillion, 10
3Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Old Frenchmillon—
5Italianmilionemillion
6Italianmillethousand
7LatinMīllethousand; 1000
8Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
9Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “sextillion”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →