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Where does “miljardisosa” come from?

miljardisosa (Finnish) comes from Finnish miljardis, from Finnish miljardi, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille.

miljardisosa (Finnish): one billionth/thousand millionth

Definitions

  1. one billionth/thousand millionth

Ancestry of “miljardisosa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiljardisbillionth , milliardth , thousand millionth
2FinnishmiljardiA milliard, 10
3FrenchmilliardA milliard
4Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīlle—
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →