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Where does “unvigintillion” come from?

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

unvigintillion (English): 10

Definitions

  1. 10

Ancestry of “unvigintillion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvigintillionOriginally, in accordance with the long scale,...
2English-illionCombined with Latin prefixes for names of...
3EnglishmillionThe cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand...
4Middle Englishmilioun—
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīlle—
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “unvigintillion”

  • unvigintilion
  • اونۏيݢينتيليون
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