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Where does “trillionth” come from?

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

trillionth (English): The ordinal form of the number one trillion; The...

Definitions

  1. The ordinal form of the number one trillion; The...

Ancestry of “trillionth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrillionA million million: 1 followed by twelve zeros,...
2Frenchtrillion10; a long scale trillion; a short scale...
3French-illion-illion
4Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīlle—
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →