Where does “biljoonasosa” come from?
biljoonasosa (Finnish) comes from Finnish biljoonas, from Finnish biljoona, from Swedish biljon, from French billion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon.
biljoonasosa (Finnish): (one) trillionth short scale, (one) billionth long scale 1/1,000,000,000,000, 10-12
Definitions
- (one) trillionth short scale, (one) billionth long scale 1/1,000,000,000,000, 10-12
Ancestry of “biljoonasosa”, step by step
biljoonasosa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish biljoonas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | biljoonas | trillionth short scale, billionth long scale 1,000,000,000,000th |
| 2 | Finnish | biljoona | A long scale billion, 10; a short scale trillion |
| 3 | Swedish | biljon | A short scale trillion |
| 4 | French | billion | 10; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion |
| 5 | French | -illion | illion |
| 6 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 7 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 8 | Old French | millon | — |
| 9 | Italian | milione | million |
| 10 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 11 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |