Where does “superbillionaire” come from?
superbillionaire (English) comes from English billionaire, from English billion, from French billion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione.
superbillionaire (English): A person who has many times more than one billion units of the local currency
Definitions
- A person who has many times more than one billion units of the local currency
Ancestry of “superbillionaire”, step by step
superbillionaire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English billionaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | billionaire | Somebody whose wealth is greater than one billion... |
| 2 | English | billion | cardinal... |
| 3 | French | billion | 10; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion |
| 4 | French | -illion | illion |
| 5 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 6 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 7 | Old French | millon | — |
| 8 | Italian | milione | million |
| 9 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 10 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |
via English super
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | super | Of excellent quality, superfine; better than... |
| 2 | English | super-ego | Alternative spelling of superego |
| 3 | German | Über-Ich | superego |
| 4 | German | Ich | ego, the Ich; self, me, him, etc |
| 5 | Middle High German | ich | I |
| 6 | Old High German | ih | I |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |