Where does “miljardis” come from?
miljardis (Finnish) comes from Finnish miljardi, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.
miljardis (Finnish): billionth short scale, milliardth long scale, thousand millionth 1,000,000,000th
Definitions
- billionth short scale, milliardth long scale, thousand millionth 1,000,000,000th
Ancestry of “miljardis”, step by step
miljardis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish miljardi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | miljardi | A milliard, 10 |
| 2 | French | milliard | A milliard |
| 3 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 4 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 5 | Old French | millon | — |
| 6 | Italian | milione | million |
| 7 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 8 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |
via Finnish s
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | s | the letter s |